| 词汇 | in a huff |
| 释义 | Idiom in a huff Theme: ENMITY in an offended manner.He heard what we had to say, then left in a huff.She came in a huff and ordered us to bring her something to eat.She gets into a huff very easily. Idiom in a huff informal feeling angry with someone because they have done or said something to upset you.She's in a huff because I forgot to call her last night.He walked off in a huff because I hadn't saved him a space at the table. in a huffIn an angry, belligerent, or vexed manner. Don't go off in a huff like that, it was only a joke! Mary went off in a huff after her wife criticized her cooking. *in a huffFig. in an angry or offended manner. (*Typically: be ~; get [into] ~.) He heard what we had to say, then left in a huff. She came in a huff and ordered us to bring her something to eat. in a huffIn an offended manner, angrily, as in When he left out her name, she stalked out in a huff. This idiom transfers huff in the sense of a gust of wind to a burst of anger. [Late 1600s] Also see in a snit. in a huffINFORMALCOMMON If someone is in a huff, they are angry about something. He stormed off in a huff because he didn't win. He resigned from the firm in a huff when he didn't get promoted. in a ˈhuff(informal) in a bad mood, especially because somebody has annoyed or upset you: She went off in a huff.in a huffAngry. The verb to huff in the late 1500s meant to bluster, or blow out puffs of breath in anger. It thus appeared in the nursery tale of The Three Little Pigs, in which the wolf threatened, “I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house in” (published in J. Jacobs, English Fairy Tales, 1890). The noun usage with the current meaning of “angry” was first recorded in 1599 and has been so used ever since. |
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