Black in the Face
Extremely angry. The face discoloured with passion or distress.
“Mr. Winkle pulled ... till he was black in the face.” —Dickens:
Pickwick Papers.
“He swore himself black in the face.” —Peter Pindar Wolcott.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Black in the Face from Fact Monster:
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