腹が立つ / 腹を立てる (to get angry)

idiom

31 sentences

A body-part idiom literally 'the belly stands up,' meaning 'to get angry, lose one's temper, be annoyed.' Appears in two syntactic forms: the intransitive 腹が立つ (the anger 'rises' on its own, often contracted to 腹立つ in casual speech) and the transitive 腹を立てる (the subject actively 'raises' their belly — becomes angry). One of many Japanese expressions mapping emotions onto body parts, especially the belly (腹) as the seat of inner feeling.

31 sentences

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She got so furious at him she almost slapped him across the face.

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She's really angry with me.

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Don't you get annoyed when you see couples making out in public?

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I can tell from the look in your eyes that you're angry.

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I'm angry with her.

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I'm angry about your groundless accusations.

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She must be angry at me.

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She got angry at his bad manners.

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She got so angry she lost all self-control.

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She got angry at her daughter's behavior.

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She got angry when she read my letter.

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She got upset at his remark about her bad driving.

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She got so angry that she lost her self-control.

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She got angry when she realized the door was locked.

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She gets angry over trivial things.

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No wonder he's angry.

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When he gets angry, he often uses foul language.

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Getting angry is a losing proposition in the end.

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My father got angry at his son for doing such a stupid thing.

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She's angry at the naughty boy.

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She got angry and yelled at me.

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She got angry when her husband came home drunk.

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She was furious at his words.

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She was angry at her younger brother.

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She got angry at what I said.

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She got angry along with me.

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She got angry at what I said.

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She got angry at me when I broke a cup.

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Don't get angry.

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Please don't get angry.