| 单词 | to flip one's lid |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto flip one's lid (also wig) In full to flip one's lid (also wig). To be or become wildly excited or enthusiastic; to go wild, lose one's head. slang (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > violent emotion > be affected with violent emotion [verb (intransitive)] ragea1400 to blow one's top1928 to go haywire1929 to pop (also blow) one's cork1938 to flip one's lid (also wig)1950 wig1955 to go ballistic1981 1950 Neurotica Autumn 44 If I'm not right back don't flip. 1951 Jrnl. (Ithaca, N.Y.) 30 Jan. 6/6 Present war emergencies..have been too much for local government officials. I fear they have flipped their lids. 1951 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 2 Dec. 50/2 The funniest book of the lot is enough to make a reader ‘flip’ or ‘flip his lid’. 1952 C. Brossard Who walk in Darkness viii. 53 He flipped his wig when it was finished and they took him to a sanatorium. 1960 B. Crump Good Keen Man 183 As he spoke one of the dogs sank his teeth into a tender part and the bull flipped his lid completely. 1960 Time & Tide 24 Dec. 1599/1 Does he make me flip my wig! 1961 R. Bloch Blood runs Cold (1963) 156 Mitch and his crowd didn't flip for jazz, but he'd come on strong with the bingos. 1967 Boston Globe 18 May 18/1 (advt.) Our food and service are great. Our decor's delightful. Your club treasurer will flip over our low rates. 1969 ‘R. Macdonald’ Goodbye Look iii. 23 She's a phoney blonde... I can't understand why he would flip over her. < as lemmas |
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