spit blood/venom
US also spit nails, Australian English also spit tacksto speak in an angry way, or to show anger:
I thought he was going to spit blood when he saw what had happened.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Talking angrily
- bite
- bite sb's head off idiom
- bite/snap sb's head off idiom
- diatribe
- edge
- head
- hit
- jump
- jump down sb's throat idiom
- piece
- rant
- rave
- snap sb's head off idiom
- snarl
- spit sth out
- tear 1
- tear into sb/sth
- tirade
- tut
- upbraid
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