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                           Phrase(s): mad enough to chew nails (and spit rivets) [and] angry enough to chew nails; mad enough to spit nails  Inf. Fig. very angry, as if to be able to bite through metal nails.  •  I am mad enough to chew nails! Who took my checkbook?  •  Her sudden tirade made him angry enough to chew nails.  •  He stomped in, mad enough to chew nails and spit rivets.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs