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Meanings of flip one's lid in inglés

Get very angry and fly into a rage.

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      Examples for "combust"
      Examples for "combust"
      1
      When that happens, two materials are brought together and they spontaneously combust.
      Radio NZ
      2
      My heart was a trip-hammer and I thought my lungs would combust.
      The incumbent
      3
      I would spontaneously combust with enthusiasm every time I entered a classroom.
      The Irish Times
      4
      If I didn't have sex for another day, would I spontaneously combust?
      Gentlemen prefer succubi
      5
      There was a risk this could cause the coal inside to combust.
      Radio NZ
      1
      You say that Professor Rogers tended to fly off the handle easily.
      Evanly bodies
      2
      And if everything wasn't how he wanted it, he'd fly off the handle.
      Evanly bodies
      3
      Maybe she was worried that Hank might fly off the handle.
      The President's Assassin
      4
      It always harms a man, anyway, to fly off the handle.
      Tales of the Road
      5
      Betsy was not one to fly off the handle like that.
      Evan and elle
      1
      Till then it is idle to wrangle, and to lose one's temper.
      Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 18...
      2
      But I think it's a pity ever to lose one's temper.
      The Bars of Iron
      3
      I discovered also how easy it is to lose one's temper with these men.
      Roving East and Roving West
      4
      She considers it bad manners to lose one's temper.
      Out To Win: The Story of America in France
      5
      It is impossible sometimes not to lose one's temper.
      Evelyn Innes
      1
      Bjørn in particular has capacity to blow a fuse if suitably prodded.
      The Guardian
      2
      I fly into a rage, and it's like I blow a fuse.
      Kafka on the Shore
      3
      You ought to take your case to a psychoanalyst; he'd blow a fuse.
      The Flanders Panel
      4
      Shorts usually blow a fuse, but if it were an older house, could it be possible?
      Wired
      5
      I plugged in the tape recorder, hoping I wouldn't give myself a shock or blow a fuse.
      11/22/63
      1
      Gordon will go ballistic if we miss that press conference tomorrow.
      Gravity
      2
      We're agreed that the bottom line is that the fleet will go ballistic.
      Beyond The Frontier: Dreadnaught
      3
      Fatima will broadcast the tape over the Internet and go ballistic.
      Bangkok 8
      4
      That I'm-sorry-but-I've-got-to-do-this expression on Alex's face was about to make Michael go ballistic.
      The Rebel
      5
      Darrell would go ballistic if she let a lawyer in.
      Damaged
      1
      It came to me suddenly: he meant to blow up the Intendance.
      The Seats of the Mighty, Volume 3
      2
      First, he judged it necessary to blow up the bridge of Demir-Hissar.
      Greece and the Allies, 1914-1922
      3
      He could not blow up one of these bubbles on the spring.
      Around the Tea-Table
      4
      Gas of northern metaphysics to blow up Broad Church bishops like balloons.
      The Ball and the Cross
      5
      The wind begins to blow up sharply, though it was very pleasant.
      A Little Girl in Old Boston
      1
      The night watchman seemed like a man about to throw a fit.
      Boy Scouts in Mexico; Or, On Guard with Uncle Sam
      2
      I thought for a minute he was going to throw a fit.
      Bert Wilson in the Rockies
      3
      He would give father-in-law a chance to throw a fit, next morning.
      Cabin Fever
      4
      I thought the old guy would throw a fit, but he didn't.
      The Case and the Girl
      5
      Why, if Billy woke up and heard that he'd throw a fit.
      The Boy Scouts with the Motion Picture Players
      1
      The Disciple hit the roof heavily and staggered two steps past Jade.
      A Day Dark as Night
      2
      Six-teen tons of monster hit the roof, which collapsed under the weight.
      The Lair of Bones
      3
      One hit the roof of a house but caused only smoke damage.
      The Irish Times
      4
      Your mother is going to hit the roof when we get home.
      The weight of silence
      5
      The beam hit the roof, began to move steadily toward the hole.
      The Wolf’s Hour
      1
      Atticus would hit the ceiling when Miss Muffett told him the gory story.
      Go Set a Watchman
      2
      But when she told Brock this time, he hit the ceiling.
      Lightning
      3
      To throw the club higher and hit the ceiling?, she said.
      Reuters
      4
      The ball hit the ceiling about 170 feet above the ground.
      Wired
      5
      He nearly hit the ceiling when Hairy jumped on his stomach.
      Take a Chance on Me
      1
      Folks, my CPO is about to have kittens, we're cutting it so close.
      Fire With Fire
      2
      You know, I'd like to buy a cat and then maybe Bast can have kittens.
      Lily of the Nile
      3
      You all ought to have kittens to play with, and nanny goats and woolly lambs.
      Winding Paths
      4
      Besides, if it's Bethi you're after, she's mine, and she's going to have kittens again.
      The Lives of Christopher Chant
      5
      If she could not have kittens, then she would content herself with puppies or rats.
      Novel Notes
      1
      I'm going to have a fit if we don't start right away.
      Death of a Red Heroine
      2
      Maisie'd have a fit if she knew you were out in it.
      Anne Severn and the Fieldings
      3
      It was seven thirty and Raquel was going to have a fit.
      Danielle Steel
      4
      Amma was going to have a fit when she smelled that tomorrow.
      Beautiful creatures
      5
      She was going to have a fit when he told her no.
      Haunted