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echar chispas

to be furious / fuming

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Cuando se enteró del retraso, echaba chispas.

When he found out about the delay, he was fuming.

—¿Cómo reaccionó? —Echaba chispas, nunca lo había visto tan enfadado.

—How did he react? —He was furious, I had never seen him so angry.

Está que echa chispas por el mal servicio del hotel.

He is absolutely fuming about the hotel's bad service.