fly off the handle
Upper Intermediate (B2) informal
To get very angry very quickly.
"He flew off the handle when he found out the project had been cancelled without warning."
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How Normal People Become Extremists... | Jeff Schoep | DSH #1950
Digital Social Hour Podcast by Sean Kelly · 40:46
and enraged and and uh fly off the handle or snap.
Think Again: Adam Grant
FranklinCovey · 26:28
us to fly off the handle or lose our cool i learned through