make someone’s blood boil—make smb. very angry or indignant:
- It used to make my blood boil to think that such things couldn’t be prevented.
Note:
a) The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase warm someone’s blood—(also: warm someone’s heart) make a person feel eager or excited:
- The real estate section of the paper did not excite his envy or warm his blood. He had never wanted a country estate.
b) The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase keep someone on the boil—sustain smb.’s interest or enthusiasm:
- There needs to be some ongoing process to keep the issues before people, keep them on the boil, keep up the enthusiasm.
make someone’s blood freeze —(also: make someone’s blood run cold) horrify or shock a person:
- What he saw made his blood freeze: An arrow had hit Lighur directly into the forehead.