The idiom "red rag to a bull" means to aggravate someone, make them angry, or incite violence. The phrase "seeing red" implies blind rage. Both phrases may be traced to the Spanish tradition of ...

A couple of weeks ago, the tunefully fired-up London punks Chubby And The Gang dropped “Violent Night (A Christmas Tale),” an excellent stomp-around holiday anthem about getting into a barfight and ...

To the bull spirit of U. S. newspapers, a red, red rag is radio’s blatantly exaggerated “coverage claims.” Last month mild-mannered Alexander Woollcott became an unwitting toreador in the radio v.