Blow A Fuse (Verb)
Meaning
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".
Classification
Verbs of feeling.
Examples
- When the football team lost for the tenth time, the coach just went ahead and completely blew a fuse on national live television.
- She was a very patient teacher, but when the students began pulling pranks on her for the fourth time in a single day, she finally blew a fuse.
- The customer was already annoyed at the 3 hour wait, but when they got his order wrong he really blew a fuse.
- Her neighbor's loud parties had been a constant source of frustration, but when he knocked on her door at 2 AM to complain about her noise, she nearly blew a fuse.
- When he found out that someone had been using his identity, the usually calm man completely blew a fuse.
Synonyms
- Lose One's Temper
- Throw A Fit
- Combust
- Hit The Ceiling
- Have Kittens
- Go Ballistic
- Flip One's Lid
- Hit The Roof
- Fly Off The Handle
- Flip One's Wig
- Have A Fit
- Blow Up
- Blow One's Stack