echar espumarajos

to foam at the mouth

echar espumarajos

intransitive verb phrase

1. (to throw foam)

a. to foam at the mouth

Había un hombre tirado en el pavimento convulsionando y echando espumarajos.

A man was lying on the pavement seizing and foaming at the mouth.

2. (to be really angry)

a. to foam at the mouth

Enrique echaba espumarajos cuando se enteró de que no lo habían ascendido como estaba acordado.

Enrique foamed at the mouth when he learnt that he had not been promoted as agreed.