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vomit blood

verb

Etymology

The figurative sense is a calque of an idiomatic expression from Chinese languages — 嘔血／呕血 (au² hyut³) in Cantonese and 吐血 (thò͘-hoeh) in Hokkien, for example.

Definitions

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see vomit, blood.

  2. To be overcome with extreme levels of stress or frustration, especially when dealing with…

    To be overcome with extreme levels of stress or frustration, especially when dealing with something problematic.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for vomit blood. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA