This term most likely originates from bull fighting, where the matador would wave a red cape at a bull -- a color that enrages the bull and causes him to charge. Seeing red is acting like a bull seeing that cape...getting so angry that rationality is lost.
Probably from the old belief that bulls got angry when they saw red.
Thus seeing red equated to becoming angry.
basically that you you become angered towards something, you vision is disturbed by your anger towards that you are looking at
It's not really an idiom -- when people are embarrassed they really do turn red.
Seeing red means you are very angry, as if the blood has rushed to your head and covered your eyes.
what does the phrase saw red mean
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seeing red is an analogy referring to losing ones temper or becoming very angry
Red in the face
what does the phrase There`s ruin in store for you mean
verb phrase
Retired and Extremely Dangerous. R.E.D
got angry
If you saw is not a prepositional phrase. If is a conjunction, not a preposition.
phrase. If a person or company is in the red or if their bank account is in the red, they have spent more money than they have in their account and therefore they owe money to the bank.
No it is Was It A Cat I Saw
It could mean just about anything ! The first phrase that came to mind when I saw the question was... I Did It Over There
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It doesn't "mean" anything, except that you saw a red bird while in the company of your boyfriend.
The phrase "in the red" is a business term used to describe a business that is spending more money than they are making. This refers to one that is losing money.
Caught red handed
red with wind
seeing red is an analogy referring to losing ones temper or becoming very angry