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fly off the handle, to fly off the handleTo become uncontrollably angry; to lose control of one's temper. It's a shame the candidate allowed himself to fly off the handle like that during the debate, since it undermines a lot of the really solid arguments he'd been making up to that point. I know you're upset, but there's no point flying off the handle like that. It was just an honest mistake.See also: fly, handle, offfly off the handleFig. to lose one's temper. Every time anyone mentions taxes, Mrs. Brown flies off the handle. If she keeps flying off the handle like that, she'll have a heart attack.See also: fly, handle, offfly off the handleLose one's temper, as in Tom flies off the handle at the slightest setback. This metaphoric expression alludes to the loosened head of a hammer flying off after a blow. [Early 1800s] See also: fly, handle, offfly off the handle INFORMALIf you fly off the handle, you suddenly become very angry. When I finally managed to speak to him, he flew off the handle and shouted down the phone. Note: The reference here is to an axe head which has become loose, and so when someone swings the axe, the axe head flies off. See also: fly, handle, offfly off the handle lose your temper suddenly and unexpectedly. informal This expression uses the image of a loose head of an axe flying off its handle while the axe is being swung.See also: fly, handle, offfly off the ˈhandle (informal) suddenly become very angry: There’s no need to fly off the handle!See also: fly, handle, off fly off the handle Informal To become suddenly enraged: flew off the handle when the train was finally canceled.See also: fly, handle, offfly off the handle, toTo lose one’s temper. The analogy here is to a loosened hammer head that comes off after it has struck a blow. The term is American in origin and dates from the early nineteenth century. “He flies right off the handle for nothing,” wrote Thomas Haliburton (Sam Slick in England, 1843).See also: fly, offfly off the handleTo lose one's temper. The image is one of speed, as rapidly as an axe head parting company from the handle during a down stroke. The phrase is credited to the 19th-century humorist Thomas Haliburton.See also: fly, handle, off |