blue in the face

phrase

as in angry
feeling or showing anger He became blue in the face after reading the negative review of his crowning achievement.

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“Blue in the face.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blue%20in%20the%20face. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.

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