boil over

phrasal verbphr v

a) DFCif a liquid boils over when it is heated, it rises and flows over the side of the container 沸腾而溢出，潽出来

The milk was boiling over on the stove behind her.

她身后炉子上的牛奶潽出来了。

b) ANGRYif a situation or an emotion boils over, the people involved stop being calm 〔局面或情绪〕控制不住，爆发

All the bitterness of the last two years seemed to boil over.

过去两年里的所有苦痛似乎全都爆发了出来。

into

Anger eventually boils over into words that are later regretted.

怒火最终会爆发出来，变成事后懊悔的话语。

Examples from the Corpus

boil into• The game had been brutal, the aggression often boiling over into mini-battles on the pitch between opposing players.

boil overChinese