spit tacks

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spit tacks (third-person singular simple present spits tacks, present participle spitting tacks, simple past and past participle spat tacks or spit tacks)

  1. (slang, New Zealand, Australia, intransitive) To be extremely angry.
    Synonyms: spit chips, spit nails, spit venom, spit blood