To make a bad situation worse
Max was already upset. Your teasing him just added fuel to the fire.
To make a bad situation worse
Max was already upset. Your teasing him just added insult to injury.
Contrary to what is expected or preferred.
Mary has a difficult time getting along with others as she is inclined to go against the grain in everything she does.
In advance of current ideas and trends.
Some people describe Albert Einstein as a physicist ahead of his time.
Listening intently; eager to hear something.
So, you have some new gossip about Mary. I'm all ears.
Excited; highly enthusiastic
I'm really fired up about the party next week.
A very high cost; a large amount of money.
Many people are complaining that gas costs an arm and a leg nowadays.
At the limit of one's patience.
Mary is at the end of her rope with Max. She can't take his nagging any longer.
In an extremely loud voice.
Max called out to Mary at the top of his lungs, but she didn't hear him.
