fly off the handle

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

fly off the handle (third-person singular simple present flies off the handle, present participle flying off the handle, simple past flew off the handle, past participle flown off the handle)

1. (colloquial) To become very angry or enraged; to throw a fit or go crazy.

   My dad flew off the handle when he saw the F grade on my report card.

Synonyms

• lose one's temper

Translations

become very angry

• Basque: bere onetik irten
• Catalan: sortir de polleguera
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勃然大怒 (zh) (bórándànù)

• Finnish: menettää malttinsa (fi), polttaa päreensä
• French: sortir de ses gonds (fr)
• German: aus der Haut fahren (de)
• Hungarian: begurul (hu), dühbe gurul (hu), dühbe jön (hu), kiakad (hu), felmegy a pumpa, felkapja a vizet, kikel magából, bepöccen (hu), kijön a béketűrésből, kijön a sodrából (hu)
• Italian: uscire dai gangheri
• Latvian: uzsprāgt gaisā
• Persian: از کوره دررفتن sg (az kure darraftan)
• Spanish: perder los estribos
• Swedish: få tuppjuck
• Walloon: potchî foû d’ ses clicotes (wa), monter a sminces