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Expression "spoiling for a fight"



 
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Expression "spoiling for a fight" #1 (permalink) Thu Feb 12, 2009 12:07 pm   Expression "spoiling for a fight"		  
Is this Idiom ? and I want to know the meaning of spoiling for a fight .
I have seen this idiom in my test
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Expression "spoiling for a fight" #2 (permalink) Thu Feb 12, 2009 16:10 pm   Expression "spoiling for a fight"		  
Hi Jamese,

spoiling for a fight IS an idiom and it means to be very eager to fight or argue, or to cause a trouble.
e.g. He says what he thinks, and so people think he always seems to be spoiling for a fight.
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