| 词汇 | spoil for |
| 释义 | Phr V spoil for be spoiling for sth (always in continuous tenses) if someone is spoiling for trouble or a fight, they are very eager to have an argument or fightComing home drunk like that was just spoiling for trouble, wasn't it?You're spoiling for a fight, you are, speaking to me like that! 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] 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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