Wave a red rag to a bull British American verb phrase
In British, they use 'a red rag to a bull', but American people usually use 'a red flag before a bull'.
A deliberate provocation will surely result in an adverse reaction such as angry and violent actions.
It will waves a red rag to a bull if your ex-girlfriend brings her new boyfriend to your birthday party, right?, so I think you shouldn't invite her.
Don't mention anything about religion to your uncle. It's like that you wave a red rag against a bull.
Don't let him know I told you his secrets. It waves a red rag to a bull.
To argue with somebody
1. Become angry or lose self-control
2. To plunge into the deep part of a pool
To look or glare very angrily at someone
To be loudly or extremely angry
The verb "wave" should be conjugated according to its tense.
Waving a red rag at someone in the 17th century was merely chatting with them -' red rag' was then a slang term for the tongue. This use was mentioned in print as early as 1605 and is nicely illustrated in the definition of Francis Grose in The Vulgar Tongue Classical Dictionary, 1785.
To do something in an unusual way
I guess I like to run against the grain in everything I do.