Fly Off The Handle (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 mechanic told me the car repair would cost a thousand dollars, my dad flew off the handle and started yelling.
- The teacher was usually calm but when a student pulled a prank on her, she flew off the handle and gave him detention for a week.
- My roommate flew off the handle when he discovered someone had eaten his leftover pizza from the fridge.
- When the flight attendant would not let him board the plane because he was late, the man flew off the handle and started shouting at her.
- The coach flew off the handle after the referee made a bad call that cost his team the game.
Synonyms
- Lose One's Temper
- Throw A Fit
- Combust
- Hit The Ceiling
- Blow A Fuse
- Have Kittens
- Go Ballistic
- Flip One's Lid
- Hit The Roof
- Flip One's Wig
- Have A Fit
- Blow Up
- Blow One's Stack