blue in the face

(adjective) extremely angry, frustrated, annoyed, embarrassed or upset

Example Sentences:

The young boy was blue in the face because his mother wouldn’t buy him an ice cream cone.

Daughter: I want to go on a date with Bobby!
Mom: You’re too young! You’re only 15 years old!
Daughter: I don’t care!!! I want to!!! You can’t stop me!!!!
Mom: You can shout till you’re blue in the face, but I’m not letting you go!

The boss was blue in the face because his employees were late.

I was blue in the face after accidentally seeing my mother-in-law naked.

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Similar idioms:

1. beat one’s head against the wall
2. be banging one’s head against the wall
3. get out of one’s face
4. beat about the bush
5. beat around the bush
6. face the music
7. once in a blue moon
8. blue
9. fly in the face of
10. out of the blue
11. save face
12. have egg on one’s face
13. about face
14. cut off one’s nose to spite one’s face
15. lose face