door·nail n. (옛날 문의) 징 모양의 큰 못
(as) dead as a doornail 《구어》 아주 죽은; 작동하지 않는

mad enough to chew nails 관용구

hard as nails

physically very fit and strong, rough, stern He is as hard as nails and is not a good person to have an argument with.

spitting nails

very angry, very mad, hot, pissed Art was spitting nails when my dog scratched the paint on his car.

bite one's nails

Idiom(s): bite one's nails

Theme: ANXIETY

to be nervous or anxious; to bite one's fingernails from nervousness or anxiety. (Used both literally and figuratively.)
• I spent all afternoon biting my nails, worrying about you.
• We've all been biting our nails from worry.

as hard as nails|hard|nail|nails

adj. phr. Very unfeeling; cruel, and unsympathetic. Uncle Joe is as hard as nails; although he is a millionaire, he doesn't help his less fortunate relatives.

bed of nails|bed|nail|nails

n. phr. A difficult or unhappy situation or set of circumstances. "There are days when my job is a regular bed of nails," Jim groaned.
Antonym: BED OF ROSES.

hard as nails|hard|nail|nails

adj. phr., informal 1. Not flabby or soft; physically very fit; tough and strong. After a summer of work in the country, Jack was as hard as nails, without a pound of extra weight. 2. Not gentle or mild; rough; stern. Johnny works for a boss who is as hard as nails and scolds Johnny roughly whenever he does something wrong.

mad abundant to chaw nails

Seethingly angry; bent to the point of acceptable irrational. I acquaint you, I was mad abundant to chaw nails back they told me they'd accustomed the admission to that hack, Dr. Warner. The bang-up was mad abundant to chaw nails afterwards he heard we'd absent the Jefferson account.Learn more: chew, enough, mad, nail

mad abundant to chaw nails (and discharge rivets)

and angry abundant to chaw nails; mad abundant to discharge nailsInf. Fig. actual angry, as if to be able to chaw through metal nails. I am mad abundant to chaw nails! Who took my checkbook? Her abrupt abuse fabricated him affronted abundant to chaw nails. He stomped in, mad abundant to chaw nails and discharge rivets.Learn more: chew, enough, mad, nail

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