blood in one's eye

English

Noun

blood in one's eye (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) A furiously vengeful disposition.
    • 2000, Robert C. Harvey, Gus Arriola, Accidental Ambassador Gordo: The Comic Strip Art of Gus Arriola:
      The two had quarreled, resulting in Phy's being fired, and one evening he came looking for his erstwhile boss with blood in his eye.
    • 2011, Guy VanAmburg, The Prince of Rockport, page 96:
      It was even said that Cobb had escaped soon after being incarcerated in the city and that he had blood in his eye looking for revenge.
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