Don't mention Tom's promotion to Mike. It would be like a red flag to a bull!
English Idioms & idiomatic expressions. 2014.
Red flag — Red flags can signify a warning, martial law, defiance, or left wing politics. The earliest citation for red flag in the Oxford English Dictionary is from 1602 and shows that at that time the flag was used by military forces to indicate that they … Wikipedia
red flag — noun 1. a flag that serves as a warning signal we didn t swim at the beach because the red flag was up • Hypernyms: ↑flag, ↑signal flag, ↑alarm, ↑alert, ↑warning signal, ↑alarum 2. the emblem of socialist revolution … Useful english dictionary
(a) red rag to a bull — a red rag to a bull british phrase something that will make someone very angry Thesaurus: something that is annoyingsynonym Main entry: red * * * a red rag to a ˈbull idiom ( … Useful english dictionary
like waving a red flag in front of a bull — like waving a red flag in front of a ˈbull idiom (US) (BrE a red rag to a ˈbull) something that is likely to make sb very angry Main entry: ↑waveidiom … Useful english dictionary
flag — flag1 flagger, n. flagless, adj. /flag/, n., v., flagged, flagging. n. 1. a piece of cloth, varying in size, shape, color, and design, usually attached at one edge to a staff or cord, and used as the symbol of a nation, state, or organization, as … Universalium
red — red1 W1S1 [red] adj comparative redder superlative reddest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(colour)¦ 2¦(hair)¦ 3¦(face)¦ 4¦(wine)¦ 5 like a red rag to a bull 6 roll out the red carpet/give somebody the red carpet treatment 7 not one red cent … Dictionary of contemporary English
Red Bull Racing — Red Bull Name Red Bull Racing Unternehmen Red Bull Racing Ltd.[1] Unternehmenssitz … Deutsch Wikipedia
Red Bull BC One — Red Bull BC One ежегодное международное соревнование среди 16 лучших Бибоев мира, организованное компанией энергетических напитков Red Bull. Соревнования проводятся по системе «1 на 1», победителя выбирают 5 судей, сидящих в зале. Red Bull… … Википедия
Red Bull Crashed Ice — 2008, Квебек Red Bull Crashed Ice международные соревнования по Ice Cross Downhill, проводимые компанией Red Bull … Википедия
Red Bull Racing — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Para otros usos de este término, véase Red Bull (desambiguación). Red Bull Red Bull RB5 … Wikipedia Español
