On the preposition

[Rachel Adams]

Hello.

Is my sentence correct? 'She came to pour her anger on him. She wasn't trying to solve their problems.'

 

[tedmc]

I would replace "pour" with "vent".

 

[Rachel Adams]

I would replace "pour" with "vent".

Does the original sentence sound unnatural?

 

[tedmc]

Does the original sentence sound unnatural?

Don't ask why but "vent anger" on somebody is a set phrase. "Pour anger" may work in your language but is not common in English.

 

[Rachel Adams]

Don't ask why but "vent anger" on somebody is a set phrase. "Pour anger" may work in your language but is not common in English.

I found 'pour their anger on' on Fraze it and 'pour your anger at' on google.

 

[GoesStation]

I found 'pour their anger on' on Fraze it and 'pour your anger at' on google.

Neither phrase looks natural to me.

 

[emsr2d2]

Don't ask why but "vent anger" on somebody is a set phrase.

"vent anger on somebody" isn't a set phrase in BrE. It doesn't work for me at all. It would suffice to say "She came to vent at him".

 

[Rollercoaster1]

How about '...express her anger at me'?

 

[tedmc]

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"vent anger on somebody" isn't a set phrase in BrE. It doesn't work for me at all. It would suffice to say "She came to vent at him".

It is commonly used enough. I am surprised it doesn't work for you. See here:

https://fraze.it/n_search.jsp?q=Vent+anger+on&l=0

And here:

https://books.google.com/ngrams/gra...ct_url=t1;,Vent at;,c0;.t1;,vent anger at;,c0

 

[Tdol]

Vent your anger works for me.