flip one's lid

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Definition

Verb (idiom) To suddenly become extremely angry or lose one's temper; to fly into a rage.

Usage

This is an informal idiom used to describe a sudden, intense, and often explosive outburst of anger. It emphasizes a loss of emotional control.

Examples

• When he saw the dent in his new car, he flipped his lid.
• My mom is going to flip her lid when she sees this mess.
• The manager flipped his lid after the team lost the important contract.

Advanced Usage

• The idiom can be used in various tenses: .
• It is often used in a hyperbolic or humorous way to describe strong but not necessarily violent anger.

Variants and Related Words

• Flip out (verb, phrasal verb): A closely related, slightly more modern synonym meaning to become very angry or to react with extreme emotion.
  • She totally flipped out when she heard the news.
• Blow one's top (verb, idiom): Another idiom with an identical meaning.
  • He blew his top over the smallest mistake.

Synonyms

• Lose one's temper
• Fly into a rage
• Hit the roof
• Go ballistic
• Explode

Related Idioms

• Go through the roof: To become very angry, often with a connotation of a sudden increase in anger, similar to a rapid rise.
  • When he saw the bill, his blood pressure went through the roof.
• See red: To become so angry that one's vision is metaphorically clouded by the color red.
  • I just saw red when he insulted my family.

Học thuật

Verb

1. 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