Energúmeno in english
Madman
pronunciation: mædmæn part of speech: noun
pronunciation: mædmæn part of speech: noun
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energúmeno
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» como un energúmeno = like a bear with a sore head ; as mad as a wet hen .
Example: That number of pages to sift through is enough to make anybody feel like a bear with a sore head. Example: He was mad as a wet hen throughout the procedure, but once he got over it, he was almost immediately back to his old self.» gritar como un energúmeno = shout + bloody murder ; scream + bloody murder .
Example: I can picture Mr. Mukhtar in the stands on a cold winter's afternoon, beer in hand, wearing his scarf, shouting bloody murder. Example: Within ten minutes, the child suddenly woke up out of her semi-comatose state, stood up in the crib and started screaming bloody murder.» hecho un energúmeno = apoplectic .
Example: There's no telling how apoplectic the president will become once these stories reach his favorite medium: television.» ponerse (hecho/como) un energúmeno = get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist [Usado más comúnmente en el Reino Unido] ; lose + Posesivo + temper ; be (all) up in arms ; go + ballistic ; blow + Posesivo + top ; go + berserk ; go + crazy ; get + Posesivo + knickers in a knot [Usado más comúnmente en Australia] ; get + Posesivo + knickers in a bundle ; get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle [Usado más comúnmente en los Estados Unidos] ; blow + Posesivo + stack ; blow + Posesivo + lid ; go + postal ; blow + a fuse ; wax + indignant ; kick up + a fuss ; kick up + a stink ; throw + a wobbly ; throw + a wobbler ; chuck + a wobbler ; bite + Posesivo + head off ; make + a row ; make + a ruckus ; hit + the roof ; scream + blue murder ; raise + the roof ; be in full cry (over) ; shout + blue murder ; kick up + a row ; kick up + a storm ; tear + Posesivo + hair out ; froth at + the mouth ; shout + bloody murder ; scream + bloody murder ; jump down + Posesivo + throat ; snap + Posesivo + head off ; foam at + the mouth ; hit + the ceiling ; go through + the roof ; go through + the ceiling ; make + a big deal about ; tear + a strip off + Nombre ; chuck + a wobbly ; fly into + a rage ; raise + a ruckus .
Example: The trouble began when some journalists got their knickers in a twist over Reich's unusual theories -- one of these being the notion that every individual should have a healthy satisfying sex life. Example: His father gave him a bag of nails, and told him to drive a nail in the fence in the backyard whenever he lost his temper. Example: And everyone who reads, writes, sings, does research, or teaches should be up in arms but the real question is why so few people are complaining. Example: Allegedly mellowed coach Mike Ditka went ballistic on his inept players as they were being crushed by the visiting team. Example: Yoga is better for people who are always blowing their top and who are therefore prone to high blood pressure. Example: It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk. Example: Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her. Example: Darlene's got her knickers in a knot because mischievous little Molly has the look of a girl that would go all the way on the first date. Example: Now before anyone gets their knickers in a bundle over that statement let me clarify. Example: I cannot for the life of me understand what you see in the Serb's cause that gets your panties in a bundle. Example: She really blew her stack as she stomped out of the sales manager's office talking to herself. Example: Of course her initial reaction was to blow her lid, but she didn't -- instead she took the high road and simply just left. Example: You have also probably read about cases where an employee 'went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees. Example: He simply blew a fuse and decided to go out on the road, spitefully apologizing again and again, until he got it right. Example: To wax indignant about a President's telling lies makes no more sense than to do so about a wrestler's faking falls. Example: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss. Example: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important. Example: The good thing about having it in writing is that you`re then well within your rights to throw a wobbly and demand you get what you paid for. Example: Of course there are things they don't like, and sometimes one of them throws a wobbler -- which sets the other one off!. Example: Under the circumstances, rather than chuck a wobbler, I opted to take a nap. Example: From the very beginning I have been hard on him because I didn't trust him -- sometimes biting his head off and others accusing him of having ulterior motives. Example: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant. Example: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus. Example: When she heard that, she hit the roof -- and she was still hitting the roof about it almost fifty years after it had happened. Example: She hates water for some reason, and whenever we go to put her togs on, she screams blue murder, and it is a 15 minute struggle to get her togs on. Example: I understand he raised the roof when he read the report. Example: The left, meanwhile, is in full cry over the commission's allegedly draconian cuts in Social Security benefits. Example: There are more religously motivated killings in America than what you have in Nigeria and yet nobody is shouting blue murder. Example: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal. Example: Grams is kicking up a storm at the care home she is currently residing in and is about to have her ass hauled onto the sidewalk if she doesn't quit at it any time soon. Example: People are clearly extremely upset, apparently tearing their hair out at having to deal with spam. Example: This luxurious hotel was not a likely setting for union leaders to froth at the mouth over government cutbacks. Example: I can picture Mr. Mukhtar in the stands on a cold winter's afternoon, beer in hand, wearing his scarf, shouting bloody murder. Example: Within ten minutes, the child suddenly woke up out of her semi-comatose state, stood up in the crib and started screaming bloody murder. Example: I jumped down his throat because he's a liar, a backstabber, an overall jerk, and a pathetic excuse for a human being. Example: The manager just about snapped her head off and and berated her in front of us -- it was so uncomfortable. Example: All of Washington is foaming at the mouth over the prospect of more pork-barrel spending. Example: It is by no means certain that Congress will vote soon enough to increase the debt ceiling and some people, for good reason, are hitting the ceiling about that. Example: Harry was out of the country when the contract was signed, and he went through the roof when he found out about it. Example: I finally told him the night before I left, and he went through the ceiling, just as I expected him to. Example: He's the type of person who gets frustrated and makes a big deal about taking the wrong exit on the freeway or has a short fuse when something doesn't get done exactly the way he wants it. Example: Jenkins was actually in tears because you tore a strip off her for handing in a report ten minutes late!. Example: This video was of my eldest son Dion taken while he was chucking a wobbly. Example: He winkled the truth out of her, flew into a rage, and demanded she gives her friend an ultimatum. Example: Here's to a night of endless shenanigans, raising a ruckus, and any other tomfoolery we can get into.