You’ll learn different ways of expressing anger and things that ‘get up your nose’.

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Causing anger
to annoy/irritate/bother/aggravate/exasperate/upset/anger
to get up someone’s nose (e.g. it gets up my nose/Mary gets up Peter’s nose/her comments get up my nose)
to test someone’s nerves (e.g. their rudeness is really testing my nerves)
to rub someone up the wrong way
to piss/brown someone off

Feeling/Expressing anger
to/feel be annoyed/irritated/bothered/aggravated/exasperated/upset/angry
to be/feel grumpy
to feel/be put out
to be in a strop / stroppy – to get out of bed on the wrong side /to be like a bear with a sore head
to get hot under the collar
to run out of patience
to be/feel offended
to be/feel uptight
to be/feel angry
to be furious/livid
to go berserk / to go ballistic / to go mad
to have a heated argument
to be cross with someone
to be pissed/browned off (US – to be pissed)
to fly into a rage/to fly off the handle – a blind rage
to hit the roof
to blow your top
to lose your temper/to lose it
to throw/have a tantrum

Discussion
When was the last time you (completely) lost your temper? What about?
When was the last time a little thing slightly irritated you?
What (really) annoys you about how people are behaving during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Is getting angry ever useful?
Is it easy for you to control and hide your anger?
Do you have any pet hates that bother you?

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