on the boil Idiom, Proverb

boiling mad

very angry, very upset, hopping mad By the time the car started, Emil was boiling mad.

what it boils down to

what it really means, the bottom line What it boils down to is this: we don't have enough money.

boiler

1. derogatory term for an unattractive woman. Often phrased as old boiler for added derogatory emphasis
2. a car

bunny boiler

an obsessive and psychotic woman; taken from a scene in the film Fatal Attraction

boil down

1．be reduced by boiling煮浓
These apples will soon boil down to jelly．这些苹果不久就会煮成果酱了。
2．be reduced to its real meaning；mean；summarise意味着；归结为；使缩短
You can boil down the story to a few sentences．你可以用几句话来概括这个故事。
What the foreign minister said boiled down to the rejection of the proposal．外交部长的话意味着拒绝这项建议。
The whole discussion boils down to the question of whether the government should fix prices．整个讨论归结到政府是否应当规定价格。

boil over

overflow by boiling煮沸溢出
Turn off the gas．The milk is boiling over．关上煤气，牛奶溢出来了。

make sb's blood boil

make sb． angrg激怒
When someone called him a liar it made his blood boil．当有人说他是个扯谎的人时，他十分恼火。
It made Mary's blood boil to see the children make fun of the crippled girl．玛丽看到孩子们在取笑那位残废的女孩时，勃然大怒。

make one's blood boil

Idiom(s): make one's blood boil

Theme: INCITE - ANGER

to make someone very angry. (Informal.)
• It just makes my blood boil to think of the amount of food that gets wasted around here.
• Whenever I think of that dishonest mess, it makes my blood boil.

have a low boiling point

Idiom(s): have a low boiling point

Theme: ANGER

to anger easily. (Informal.)
• Be nice to John. He's upset and has a low boiling point.
• Mr. Jones sure has a low boiling point. I hardly said anything, and he got angry.

boil sth down

Idiom(s): boil sth down

Theme: SUMMARY

to summarize something; to make information more concise.
• I don't have time to listen to the whole story. Please boil it down for me.
• Please boil down the report so I can read it on the plane.

on the boil

1. Literally, in the action of actuality brought to a boil. Primarily heard in UK. Don't worry, I've the kettle on the abscess for a pot of tea.2. By extension, in a accompaniment of acute absorption or activity. Primarily heard in UK. Talks of authoritative the axial breadth of the burghal a pedestrian-only commune are still on the boil, to the alarm of abounding motorists.Learn more: boil, on

on the boil

BRITISH
1. If a being is on the boil, they are assuming actual successfully. All three players are acutely on the abscess at the moment in the Italian league.
2. If a bearings or activity is on the boil, it is actual able or active. A chat here, a byword there were abundant to accumulate tempers on the abscess about to the end. Across the border, a agnate agitation is on the boil.Learn more: boil, on

on the ˈboil

in a alive or an alive condition: Fresh discoveries kept their activity on the boil.Learn more: boil, on

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borrow trouble born with a silver spoon in one's mouth born out of wedlock born and raised bored stiff bore sb stiff bone up boil sth down boil down to boggle one's mind blow-by-blow account blow to smithereens