bite someone’s head off

(verb) to be very angry with someone and reply rudely to them

Example Sentences:

A: Excuse me, may I sit in this seat?
B: No! My boyfriend is sitting there, idiot!
A: Oh, sorry! You don’t have to bite my head off.

The teacher bit the student’s head off when he answered his cellphone in class.

We had to complain to our manager when one of our co-workers was always biting our heads off if he was in a bad mood.

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Similar idioms:

1. get one’s head around
2. excuse my French
3. bad apple
4. bite the hand that feeds one
5. hang one’s head
6. hit the nail on the head
7. bury one’s head in the sand
8. bite one’s tongue
9. bite the bullet
10. grab a bite
11. can’t make heads or tails of it
12. put our heads together
13. bite me
14. the squeaky wheel gets the oil
15. the squeaky wheel gets the grease