"fly off the handle" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-fly off the handle.wav Forms: flies off the handle [present, singular, third-person], flying off the handle [participle, present], flew off the handle [past], flown off the handle [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|fly<,,flew,flown> off the handle}} fly off the handle (third-person singular simple present flies off the handle, present participle flying off the handle, simple past flew off the handle, past participle flown off the handle)
  1. (colloquial) To become very angry or enraged; to throw a fit or go crazy. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Anger Synonyms: lose one's temper Translations (become very angry): bere onetik irten (Basque), sortir de polleguera (Catalan), 勃然大怒 (bórándànù) (Chinese Mandarin), menettää malttinsa (Finnish), polttaa päreensä (Finnish), sortir de ses gonds (French), aus der Haut fahren (German), begurul (Hungarian), dühbe gurul (Hungarian), dühbe jön (Hungarian), kiakad (Hungarian), felmegy a pumpa (Hungarian), felkapja a vizet (Hungarian), kikel magából (Hungarian), bepöccen (Hungarian), kijön a béketűrésből (Hungarian), kijön a sodrából (Hungarian), uscire dai gangheri (Italian), uzsprāgt gaisā (Latvian), از کوره دررفتن (az kure darraftan) [singular] (Persian), perder los estribos (Spanish), få tuppjuck (Swedish), potchî foû d’ ses clicotes (Walloon), monter a sminces (Walloon)

Inflected forms

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        "(colloquial) To become very angry or enraged; to throw a fit or go crazy."
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          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "become very angry",
          "word": "bere onetik irten"
        },
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "become very angry",
          "word": "sortir de polleguera"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bórándànù",
          "sense": "become very angry",
          "word": "勃然大怒"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "become very angry",
          "word": "menettää malttinsa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "become very angry",
          "word": "polttaa päreensä"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "become very angry",
          "word": "sortir de ses gonds"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "become very angry",
          "word": "aus der Haut fahren"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "become very angry",
          "word": "begurul"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "become very angry",
          "word": "dühbe gurul"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "become very angry",
          "word": "dühbe jön"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "become very angry",
          "word": "kiakad"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "become very angry",
          "word": "felmegy a pumpa"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "become very angry",
          "word": "felkapja a vizet"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "become very angry",
          "word": "kikel magából"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "become very angry",
          "word": "bepöccen"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "become very angry",
          "word": "kijön a béketűrésből"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "become very angry",
          "word": "kijön a sodrából"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "become very angry",
          "word": "uscire dai gangheri"
        },
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "become very angry",
          "word": "uzsprāgt gaisā"
        },
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "az kure darraftan",
          "sense": "become very angry",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "از کوره دررفتن"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "become very angry",
          "word": "perder los estribos"
        },
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "become very angry",
          "word": "få tuppjuck"
        },
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          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "become very angry",
          "word": "potchî foû d’ ses clicotes"
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          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "become very angry",
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      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "become very angry",
      "word": "bere onetik irten"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "become very angry",
      "word": "sortir de polleguera"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bórándànù",
      "sense": "become very angry",
      "word": "勃然大怒"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "become very angry",
      "word": "menettää malttinsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "become very angry",
      "word": "polttaa päreensä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "become very angry",
      "word": "sortir de ses gonds"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "become very angry",
      "word": "aus der Haut fahren"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "become very angry",
      "word": "begurul"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "become very angry",
      "word": "dühbe gurul"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "become very angry",
      "word": "dühbe jön"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "become very angry",
      "word": "kiakad"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "become very angry",
      "word": "felmegy a pumpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "become very angry",
      "word": "felkapja a vizet"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "become very angry",
      "word": "kikel magából"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "become very angry",
      "word": "bepöccen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "become very angry",
      "word": "kijön a béketűrésből"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "become very angry",
      "word": "kijön a sodrából"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "become very angry",
      "word": "uscire dai gangheri"
    },
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "become very angry",
      "word": "uzsprāgt gaisā"
    },
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "az kure darraftan",
      "sense": "become very angry",
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      "word": "از کوره دررفتن"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "become very angry",
      "word": "perder los estribos"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "become very angry",
      "word": "få tuppjuck"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "become very angry",
      "word": "potchî foû d’ ses clicotes"
    },
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      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "become very angry",
      "word": "monter a sminces"
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  "word": "fly off the handle"
}

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