Fly off the handle Moderate

Fly off the handle has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Verb

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"

flip one's lid blow up throw a fit hit the roof hit the ceiling have kittens have a fit combust blow one's stack fly off the handle flip one's wig lose one's temper blow a fuse go ballistic

to become very angry or enraged; to throw a fit or go crazy.

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

rage

Rhyming Words

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