English Explanatory Dictionary

vomit blood

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see vomit, blood.
  2. To be overcome with extreme levels of stress or frustration, especially when dealing with something problematic.

Word forms

vomit blood vomits blood vomiting blood vomited blood

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.

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