暴跳如雷

bàotiào-rúléi

idiom #20,228

Meanings

HSK 4

听到这个消息，他暴跳如雷。

Tīngdào zhège xiāoxi, tā bàotiào-rúléi.

Hearing the news, he flew into a rage.

HSK 5

老板发现数据丢失后，暴跳如雷。

Lǎobǎn fāxiàn shùjù diūshī hòu, bàotiào-rúléi.

After discovering the data was lost, the boss exploded in anger.

memory

Picture someone jumping (跳) up and down violently (暴) while roaring like thunder (雷) - that image captures the extreme fury this idiom describes.

暴 bào

跳 tiào

如 rú

雷 léi