Gabbar was foaming at the mouth..

Gabbar was foaming at the mouth when Kaliya and his men came back empty handed

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Foaming at the mouth simply means angry as hell. May be the imagery is of a person so angry he is out of his mind and is shouting and screaming incoherently so much so that the spit and foam is coming out of his mouth. The description is gross but the phrase is a pretty elegant way to describe someone exceedingly angry.

Let’s take some examples:

1. The politicians were foaming at the mouth when Arvind Kejriwal raised the question of criminal backgrounds of a lot of them.
2. The whole village was foaming at the mouth when Anjali took up a job in the city, however, she stuck to her guns. After 20 years, people talk of her as a pioneer and every family educates its daughters. Infact, people take pride in it if their daughters have careers.
3. The government’s decision to limit the number of LPG cylinders left many people foaming at the mouth and countrywide protests erupted.

There is exaggeration in this phrase as well as a very slight derision. If you agree with somebody’s anger, you’d not normally use, “Foaming at the mouth” (For example: “Indian freedom fighters were foaming at the mouth when Simon Commission came to India” – this would not be a very good usage). You use this phrase when you feel the anger was over the top, exaggerated or even unjustified.

Let’s close with some more examples:

1. The strict school warden was foaming at the mouth when she discovered love letters send to some girls in her hostel.
2. Gabbar Singh was foaming at the mouth when Kalia came back empty handed.
3. The entire Australian media was foaming at the mouth when Harbhajan Singh returned the insults by the Australian cricketers in the same coin.