单词 | to fly off the handle |
释义 | > as lemmasto fly (occasionally jump, etc.) off (at) the handle b. Originally U.S. to fly (occasionally jump, etc.) off (at) the handle: to become carried away by excitement; to lose self-control; (now usually) to lose one's temper, esp. suddenly and violently. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > [verb (intransitive)] > become angry wrethec900 wrothc975 abelghec1300 to move one's blood (also mood)c1330 to peck moodc1330 gremec1460 to take firea1513 fumec1522 sourdc1540 spitec1560 to set up the heckle1601 fire1604 exasperate1659 to fire up1779 to flash up1822 to get one's dander up1831 to fly (occasionally jump, etc.) off (at) the handle1832 to have (also get) one's monkey up1833 to cut up rough, rusty, savage1837 rile1837 to go off the handle1839 to flare up1840 to set one's back up1845 to run hot1855 to wax up1859 to get one's rag out1862 blow1871 to get (also have) the pricker1871 to turn up rough1872 to get the needle1874 to blaze up1878 to get wet1898 spunk1898 to see red1901 to go crook1911 to get ignorant1913 to hit the ceiling1914 to hit the roof1921 to blow one's top1928 to lose one's rag1928 to lose one's haira1930 to go up in smoke1933 hackle1935 to have, get a cob on1937 to pop (also blow) one's cork1938 to go hostile1941 to go sparec1942 to do one's bun1944 to lose one's wool1944 to blow one's stack1947 to go (also do) one's (also a) dingerc1950 rear1953 to get on ignorant1956 to go through the roof1958 to keep (also blow, lose) one's cool1964 to lose ita1969 to blow a gasket1975 to throw a wobbler1985 1832 Boston Investigator 13 July He soon had a call at Cincinnati, Ohio, as president of a theological college, and, of course, flew off the handle. 1860 M. Halstead Hist. National Polit. Convent. 47 He is full of fire and prone to fly off the handle. 1898 R. Kipling Day's Work 89 How are we to do our work if you fly off the handle that way? 1911 C. W. Tyler Scout xxii. 208 ‘Whoever said it told a damn lie,’ cried Bob flying off at the handle. 1963 L. Spigelgass Dear me, Sky is Falling i. 19 You always jump off the handle!.. There's the door—slam it! 1978 J. G. MacGregor John Rowand iii. 32 Robertson, flying off the handle, refused to take any responsibility in this situation where all his advice was rejected. 2010 Jewish Chron. 8 Oct. 20/4 I do fly off the handle in real life—in boardroom situations, or when I get angry with inefficiency. < as lemmas |
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