fly off the handle English

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What does fly off the handle mean?

fly off the handle

— verb (= combust, go ballistic) get very angry and fly into a rage The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question Spam makes me go ballistic

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go ballistic

blow up

throw a fit

lose one’s temper

hit the roof

hit the ceiling

have kittens

have a fit

flip one’s wig

flip one’s lid

combust

blow one’s stack

blow a fuse

vent one's rage

storm

shout at

seethe

rage

go up to the wall

fly into

become angry

be furious

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Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Angry

• What words refer to becoming angry?
  get angry get mad lose your temper fly off the handle blow your top hit the roof go crazy go nuts have a fit go berserk erupt get your dander up