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单词 to have one's blood up
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to have one's (also †the) blood up
e. to have one's (also †the) blood up and variants: to be in state of rage; to be in the mood for a fight (literal and figurative).
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1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions i. ii. f. 18 Some of them when their bloud is vp, will rashlye and vnaduisedlye attempte any thinge, and not care for any perills.
?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xix. 290 The ready weapon when the bloud is vp, Doubles the vprore, heightned by the Cup.
1668 J. Burroughs Difference between Spots of Godly & of Wicked iii. 65 David, though his blood was up, yet when Abigal came and spake but reason to him, to shew to him what the evil of his sin was like to, Davids spirit falls.
1756 G. D. Hist. Lavinia Rawlins xiii. 95 She threw his new Tye-wig in the Fire, and whilst her Blood was up, would have sent him after it.
1829 G. Griffin Collegians II. xviii. 55 To use a vulgar but forcible expression, the blood of Hardress was now completely up.
1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar vii. 65 The blood of the people was up.
1919 ‘K. Mansfield’ Let. 9 Nov. (1993) III. 81 The monstrous idea of leaving you uninvited to contribute to the Mercury; my blood is up. Lets up and at em this winter.
2005 Sun (Nexis) 8 July I've played with and against these guys..and many of them could floor a bull when their blood is up.
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