"The fur flying" (often used as "make the fur fly" or "the fur flies") is an idiom that means an angry, vicious argument or physical fight has started or is about to start. It originates from the visual image of fighting cats or animals sending tufts of fur into the air. [1, 2, 3]
fur-flying - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Since a particularly vicious fight between cats or other animals sends fur flying. Adjective. fur-flying. (informal, idiomatic) Vi...
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'to make the fur fly': meaning and origin - word histories
Aug 20, 2023 — The texts containing the earliest occurrences of the phrase to make the fur fly that I have found: – indicate that this phrase is ...
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the fur flies - Longman Dictionary
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English the fur fliesused to say that an angry argument or fight starts If you're both fee...
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