fit to be tied
Seething with rage
Fit to be tied describes extreme anger or agitation—so furious you might need to be physically restrained.
The expression suggests someone thrashing with rage: When she found out he'd wrecked the car, she was fit to be tied.
It's informal and somewhat old-fashioned, often used with a touch of humor or exaggeration.
- seeing redOvercome by fury
- enragedExtremely, intensely provoked
- lividExtremely angry or discolored
- infuriateProvoke extreme anger
- furiousExtremely angry
irate · apoplectic · beside oneself · mad as a hornet · mad as a wet hen · fuming · angry · seething · spitting nails · wrathful · incensed · raging · maddened · hopping mad · boiling over · worked up · hot under the collar · exasperated
- Americanismsaluminum, fixin' to, apartment, howdy, candy
- anger expressionssee red, seeing red, lose your temper, blow a fuse, blow a gasket
- mood idiomsbad mood, black mood, dark mood, foul mood, in a mood
- ragerage, fury, wrath, enraged, furious
- folk sayingsproverb, adage, maxim, folk saying, old saying
- irritabilitycranky, grouchy, grumpy, irritated, annoyed
fit to be tiedaffable
Warm and approachable
genial · amiable · good-natured · easygoing · pleasant
fit to be tiedcollected
Calm and self-possessed
poised · self-possessed · level-headed · even-tempered · affable