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Possibly from the red flag used in some historic armies to signal the imminence of battle, or from the red cloth used to enrage bulls in Spanish bullfighting, or more generally from the idea of red as a colour of warning and danger. Compare corresponding idioms in several European languages: Danish se rødt, German rotsehen, French voir rouge, etc.

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: die aapstuipe kry — to become angry
• Bulgarian: изпадам в ярост (izpadam v jarost) — to become angry
• Chinese Mandarin: 勃然大怒 (bórándànù) — to become angry
• Dutch: rood zien — to become angry
• Estonian: marus olema — to become angry
• Finnish: nähdä punaista — to become angry
• French: voir rouge — to become angry
• German: rotsehen — to become angry
• Hungarian: feldühödik — to become angry
• Hungarian: begorombul — to become angry
• Hungarian: dühbe gurul — to become angry
• Hungarian: haragra lobban — to become angry
• Icelandic: sjá rautt — to become angry
• Irish: dul ar mire — to become angry
• Italian: arrabbiarsi — to become angry
• Italian: vedere rosso — to become angry
• Norman: vaie rouoge — to become angry
• Norwegian Bokmål: se rødt — to become angry
• Spanish: enfadarse — to become angry
• Swedish: se rött — to become angry
• Turkish: öfkelenmek — to become angry
• Turkish: tepesi atmak — to become angry
• Bulgarian: получавам червен картон (polučavam červen karton) — to receive a red card
• Chinese Mandarin: 吃紅牌 /吃红牌 — to receive a red card
• Finnish: saada punainen kortti — to receive a red card
• German: Rot sehen — to receive a red card
• Hungarian: piros lapot kap — to receive a red card
• Hungarian: kiállítják — to receive a red card
• Hungarian: leléptetik — to receive a red card
• Hungarian: figyelmeztetik — to receive a red card
• Hungarian: figyelmeztetést kap — to receive a red card