boiling point

Meaning: The point at which one loses one's temper.

Language: English

Literally: (Already vivid in English)

Category: Daily Life

Origin: The expression suggests heated water whose surface erupts with bubbles when it reaches a particular temperature.

More idioms — Daily Life

• bomb — To fail completely.
• born yesterday — Naive.
• the bottom line — The net result (sentence 1), or the simple and irrefutable truth (sentence 2).
• bottom of the barrel — The least able member of a group; the least desirable items from a collection.
• boxed in someone in — Restricted; to restrict someone.
• brainstorm — To generate many ideas quickly.

More English idioms

• bottoms up! — A call to drink; to empty one's glass.
• breadwinner — Somebody that provides financially for his or her family.
• bring down the house — To be a great success.
• get someone the brush-off — To be dismissed casually and almost cruelly.
• give someone a bum steer — Bad advice or instructions.
• burn rubber — To accelerate with tires so quickly from a stopped position that the rubber tires make a…

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