VOCABULARY - IDIOMS
Spoiling for a Fight
Meaning:
Combative, wanting conflict, eager to argue or fight
Examples:
Tom seems to spoil for a fight the moment he's in the same room as me. I just don't know what it is about me that makes him so antagonistic.
We've done everything we can to reach a reasonable compromise with the other party, but they have been spoiling for an argument at every turn.
Tom seems to spoil for a fight the moment he's in the same room as me. I just don't know what it is about me that makes him so antagonistic.
We've done everything we can to reach a reasonable compromise with the other party, but they have been spoiling for an argument at every turn.