see red
Verb
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Verb
see red
- (idiomatic) To become enraged, angry, or irritated.
- 1901, Frank Norris, The Octopus, ch. 2:
- "So help me, God," he cried, "when I think it all over I go crazy, I see red."
- 1920, William MacLeod Raine, The Big-Town Round-Up, ch. 22:
- Nothing but his temper, the lack of self-control that made him see red . . ., had kept Jerry out of a world championship.
- 1901, Frank Norris, The Octopus, ch. 2:
- (idiomatic, football) To receive a red card, and be dismissed from the playing field.
- 2005 Jan. 26, Rob Hughes, "Soccer: Trio from Senegal is having a ball ↗," New York Times (retrieved 14 Nov 2013):
- Diop, sometimes criticized for passive play, saw red once this season when he lashed out at a foe who kicked away his legs.
- 2005 Jan. 26, Rob Hughes, "Soccer: Trio from Senegal is having a ball ↗," New York Times (retrieved 14 Nov 2013):
- See also Thesaurus:anger
- French: voir rouge
- German: rotsehen
- Italian: andare fuori di testa, arrabbiarsi
- German: Rot sehen
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