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in a huff
Idioms and Phrases
In an offended manner, angrily, as in When he left out her name, she stalked out in a huff . This idiom transfers huff in the sense of a gust of wind to a burst of anger. [Late 1600s] Also see in a snit .Example Sentences
A source familiar with Trump's thinking suggests the PM could turn Trump's freewheeling style to his advantage by putting other issues on the table – an offer to buy more American Liquid Natural Gas perhaps, revising the deal on the Chagos Islands, a tougher position on China, or a discussion about tech regulation perhaps, with Apple in a huff with the UK government.
“They stormed off in a huff,†says Dr Beake.
“He literally left the room in a huff.â€
Abel learned that Gower played bass fiddle in a small orchestra whose specialty was country music, had great-grandchildren by the dozen, all of whom were musical, and was happy with his old wife, though they often quarreled and spent whole days sitting around in a huff, trying to remember what they were angry about.
It had to go off somewhere to sit in a huff, unruffle its feathers, and regain its ruthless composure.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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