English idiom

hate someone's guts

Register · Informal CEFR B2

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Figurative meaning

to feel an extremely strong hatred for someone

Word picture

Hatred is pictured as sitting deep inside a person's body, among their guts.

Example

“Marta still hates her former manager's guts after the way he treated the staff.”

Dictionary details

Component words

guts

Tags

Expressions connected by reviewed component words or topic tags.

blood and guts

graphic violence and gore shown in a film, book, or similar work

drive someone up the wall

to make someone feel extremely annoyed or frustrated

sick and tired

extremely annoyed with someone or something and unwilling to tolerate it any longer

add fuel to the fire

To make a bad situation or an argument worse.

bite someone's head off

to answer someone with sudden and often unjustified anger

hot under the collar

noticeably irritated or angry

Source methodology

Meanings, register, CEFR, and examples come from the reviewed dictionary record. Expression notes may describe a reviewed present-day word picture or a background note; they are not presented as verified etymology.

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