bite head off

Meaning

1. Oxford75% of films

   to shout at sb in an angry way, especially without reason

   Now, wait a minute. Don't bite my head off.

   - What is it? I'm in a hurry. - No need to go biting my head off!

In the movies · 4

• We were ready to bite anybody's head off.Key Largo1948
• Now, wait a minute. Don't bite my head off.You Can't Take It with You1938
• - What is it? I'm in a hurry. - No need to go biting my head off!The Stranger1946
• No need to bite his head off.Kingsman: The Secret Service2014
• I didn't mean to... bite your head off earlier.Fractured2019
• Don't even think about it. He'll bite your head off.Patch Adams1998
• ...when the rabbit bites its own head off.Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas1998
• Now let's bite all their heads off and pile them up in the corner.Venom2018

Learn it in full scenes

• You Can't Take It with You1938
  • Kirby Plans the Munitions Monopoly
  • Poppins Becomes a Lily of the Field
  • A Day in the Sycamore House

From the same entry

• a head
• bang your heads together
• be banging, your head against a brick wall
• be head and shoulders above
• bring to a head
• bury your head in the sand
• can't make head nor tail of
• do head in
• do standing on your head
• from head to foot
• get your head down
• get your head round

More idioms

• frighten the life out of
• have no time for
• keep your nose out of
• so to speak
• lose your way
• in day
• at first glance
• wing it
• below the radar
• get a foot in the door
• step into shoes
• waste your breath