Смысл: warpath

warpath[ʹwɔ:pɑ:θ]
n
<Í> 1. ист. тропа войны (у североамериканских индейцев)
2. враждебные действия; воинственность
to be /to go/ on the warpath - вести борьбу, быть воинственно настроенным

be on the warpath Идиома

on the warpath

very angry, looking for trouble He is really on the warpath today so you should stay out of his way.

Warpath

If someone is on the warpath, they are very angry about something and will do anything to get things sorted the way they want.

on the warpath|on|warpath

adj. phr., informal 1. Very angry. When Mother saw the mess in the kitchen she went on the warpath. Betty has been on the warpath ever since she found out she was not invited to the party. 2. Making an attack; fighting. The government is on the warpath against narcotics. The police are on the warpath against speeders.

be on the warpath

slang To be candidly affronted and/or attractive for retribution. One of abounding expressions generally advised abhorrent for authoritative advertence to Native American stereotypes or tropes. I'd abstain the bang-up if I were you—he's on the abhorrence and agreeable at anybody he sees.Learn more: on, warpath

be/go on the ˈwarpath

(informal) be affronted and accessible for an altercation or a action about something: Look out — the bang-up is on the abhorrence again!In the past, if Native Americans were on the warpath, they were activity to war or advancing to advance somebody.Learn more: go, on, warpath

on the warpath, to be/go

To be affronted abundant to seek out the being or bureau responsible. This Native American appellation was acclimated absolutely actually by James Fenimore Cooper in The Deerslayer (1841) to call a appearance who had never affianced in action (“He has never been on a warpath”). By the end of the nineteenth aeon it was about acclimated to call anyone on an affronted rampage.Learn more: go, on

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