at boiling point

The Daily Mail’s headline claimed that the suggestion had left “Brits at boiling point.”

The Daily Mail’s headline claimed that the suggestion left “Brits at boiling point.”

So, the area was already at boiling point before the Hamas assault on Israel on 7 October.

Ties between the U.S. and Iran have been at boiling point since Donald Trump quit a nuclear deal with Iran as U.S. president in 2018.

While the temperature of debate in the courtroom will remain measured as always, the political rows outside of it may well be at boiling point.