怒发冲冠

Traditional怒髮衝冠

  1. lit. hair stands up in anger and tips off one's hat (idiom)
  2. fig. seething in anger
  3. raise one's hackles

“the anger makes one's hair stand on end; be so angry that one's hair raises (or lifts) up his hat”

指愤怒得头发直竖,顶着帽子。形容极端愤怒。

Origin 《庄子·盗跖》:“盗跖闻之大怒,目如明星,发上指冠。”《史记·廉颇蔺相如列传》:“相如因持璧却立倚柱,怒发上冲冠。”

Example ~,凭栏处,潇潇雨歇。(宋·岳飞《满江红》词)