OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 57572

spit nails

Meanings (ES + gloss)
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To speak or sputter in a very angry manner.
The three chiefs of staff are described by sources as ‘spitting nails’ over the latest proposals to cut the defence budget even further.
[O]ne thing about Aunt Jenny gets me so mad I could spit nails.
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