boiling over
Pot lid lifting
Boiling over describes liquid that has heated past the point where it can be contained, spilling over the edges of its vessel.
The phrase extends naturally to emotions, especially anger: She was boiling over with rage.
A situation boils over when tension erupts into open conflict: Protests boiled over into riots.
- seeing redOvercome by fury
- incensedExtremely angry
- irateExtremely angry
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- lividExtremely angry or discolored
seething · meltdown · eruption · enraged · fuming · pressure cooker · letting off steam · explode · furious · hit the roof · flying off the handle · volcanic · hopping mad · fit to be tied · outburst · blowing a fuse · losing one's cool · hot under the collar
- anger expressionssee red, seeing red, lose your temper, blow a fuse, blow a gasket
- Kitchen Dangersburns, cuts, fires, scalding, knife cuts
- out of controlwild, chaotic, unruly, unchecked, runaway
- cooking mistakesburnt toast, burned food, undercooked, burnt popcorn, overcooked
- cooking flawsburned, overcooked, undercooked, scorched, raw
- food idiomspiece of cake, bread winner, low-hanging fruit, cool as a cucumber, bad egg
boiling overcalm
Free from agitation
composed · cool-headed · keeping one's cool · serene · tranquil
boiling overcontained
Kept within limits
under control · restrained · in check · kept in · reined in
over, boil, boiling, boiled, boils, boil over, parboil, simmered, reboil