on the warpath

[on the warpath] {adj. phr.}, {informal}

1. Very angry.

* /When Mother saw the mess in the kitchen she went on the warpath./

* /Betty has been on the warpath ever since she found out she was not invited to the party./

2. Making an attack; fighting.

* /The government is on the warpath against narcotics./

* /The police are on the warpath against speeders./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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