snap someone's head off

snap someone's head off
To suddenly and sharply rebuke or insult a person, especially in response to a harmless remark.

"Pas awfully cranky," Mrs. Cox said resignedly. "Hes always been that way! You cook him corn beef—thats the night he wanted pork chops; sometimes hell snap your head off if you speak."

Syn: bite someones head off

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  • snap someone's head off — bite/snap (someone s) head off informal to answer someone angrily. I only asked if I could borrow your bike. There s no need to bite my head off! She snaps his head off every time he opens his mouth …   New idioms dictionary

  • snap someone's head off — see head …   Useful english dictionary

  • bite someone's head off — To speak to someone unnecessarily angrily • • • Main Entry: ↑bite * * * bite someone’s head off informal phrase to react angrily or rudely to someone when they think you have no reason for doing this There’s no need to bite my head off. I was… …   Useful english dictionary

  • bite someone's head off — bite/snap (someone s) head off informal to answer someone angrily. I only asked if I could borrow your bike. There s no need to bite my head off! She snaps his head off every time he opens his mouth …   New idioms dictionary

  • bite someone's head off — verb To severely berate someone. Syn: snap someones head off …   Wiktionary

  • snap head off — bite/snap (someone s) head off informal to answer someone angrily. I only asked if I could borrow your bike. There s no need to bite my head off! She snaps his head off every time he opens his mouth …   New idioms dictionary

  • bite head off — bite/snap (someone s) head off informal to answer someone angrily. I only asked if I could borrow your bike. There s no need to bite my head off! She snaps his head off every time he opens his mouth …   New idioms dictionary

  • snap — [snap] vi. snapped, snapping [< MDu or MLowG snappen, akin to Ger schnappen < Gmc base * snab ] 1. to bring the jaws together sharply; bite suddenly: often with at [a fish snaps at bait] 2. to snatch or grasp quickly or eagerly: with at [to …   English World dictionary

  • snap — snapless, adj. snappable, adj. snappingly, adv. /snap/, v., snapped, snapping, n., adj., adv. v.i. 1. to make a sudden, sharp, distinct sound; crack, as a whip; crackle. 2. to click, as a mechanism or the jaws or teeth coming together. 3. to move …   Universalium

  • snap — [c]/snæp / (say snap) verb (snapped, snapping) –verb (i) 1. to make a sudden, sharp sound; crackle. 2. to click, as a mechanism. 3. to move, strike, shut, catch, etc., with a sharp sound, as a lid. 4. to break suddenly, especially with a sharp,… …  

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