Preview（腕試し）

Mark: Man, I did something stupid last night.

Joey: What did you do?

Mark: Well, my girlfriend made dinner for me at her place. But I arrived a little late.

Joey: Yeah?

Mark: And I thought the steak was a little tough, so I joked that it was as hard as old horse meat. Unfortunately, she didn't think it was was funny. She said she spent three hours preparing dinner and then two hours waiting for me.

Joey: Ooh. I bet she was seeing red.

　

A. Mark's girlfriend was probably just a little unhappy.

B. Mark's girlfriend probably liked the joke.

C. Mark's girlfriend was probably very angry.

D. Mark's girlfriend probably likes horse meat (cooked rare!).

　

Quick Glossary （用語辞典）

tough = かたい

progressive form = 進行形

Examples（例文）

This idiom is used to describes someone's feelings when that person becomes very, very angry. It is often used in the progressive (~ing) form .

When I met my boss after I had lost our biggest client, he was seeing red.

　

Exercises （練習）Type the proper form of the idiom in the box.

1. Kenichi's wife was when she heard that he lost \80,000 at the horse races.

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2. Aiko doesn't get angry very often, but she really when people forget her name!

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