| 词汇 | be spoiling for |
| 释义 | phrasebe spoiling for be spoiling for a fight/for trouble to want to have a fight or argument with someone and try to make this happen: Williams shouted "Are you saying I don't know how to do my job?" He was obviously spoiling for a fight. (redirected from be spoiling for) be spoiling for (something)To be particularly eager or enthusiastic for something. Used especially in the phrase "be spoiling for a fight. Come on, don't engage with that drunken fool, he's spoiling for a fight! spoil forBe eager for, as in He's just spoiling for a fight. This idiom nearly always refers to some kind of altercation. It may allude to spoil in the sense of "deteriorate over a period of time." [Mid-1800s] be ˌspoiling for a ˈfight, argument, etc.want to fight, argue, etc. with somebody very much: Are you spoiling for a fight?The teachers’ union is spoiling for a fight with the Government.spoil forv. To be eager for something, especially a fight: The drunk soccer players at the bar were spoiling for a fight. |
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