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Show anger

Showing anger

Here are some things that people often say when they're angry or annoyed at something.

  1. I don't believe it!
  2. What a pain!
  3. It's driving me up the wall.
  4. I've had it up to here with...
  5. I've had all I can take of...
  6. It really gets on my nerves.
  7. I'm sick and tired of...
  8. I'm fed up with it.
  9. I could really do without it.
  10. Is it possible?

Explanations

  • We say phrases 1 and 2 immediately after something has made you angry.
  • We say phrases 3, 4 and 5 about a situation or a series of repeated actions that make us angry.
  • We say phrase 6 about something that slowly makes you angry over a long time
  • We say phrases 7 and 8 about something annoying that has continued for a long time.
  • We often say phrase 9 when we have several pieces of bad luck and then one more bad thing happens.
  • We say phrase 10 to show our disbelief that something so bad has happened or that one more bad thing has happened after several others.