blow one's top イディオム
blow one's top
become extremely angry.
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v. phr. To become very excited, angry, hysterical, or furious.
"No need to blow your top, Al," his wife said, "just because you lost a few dollars."blow (one's) top
To become actual angry, about quickly. Oh man, Dad is activity to draft his top back he sees that I ashore his car!Learn more: blow, topblow one's top
1. Also, blow one's stack. Fly into a rage; lose one's composure. For example, If she calls about this one added time I'm activity to draft my top, or Warren is about actual easy-going, but today he blew his stack. The top actuality has been likened to the top of an erupting volcano; the stack alludes to a smokestack. [Slang; aboriginal bisected of 1900s]
2. Go crazy, become insane, as in When she regains consciousness, she aloof may draft her top. [Slang; aboriginal bisected of 1900s] Also see flip one's lid. Learn more: blow, topblow one's top/stack/fuse, to
To lose one’s temper. The aboriginal two agreement allude to allowance the assemblage of a address by alarming air through it; the aftermost refers to the abrupt ability abeyance back a agglutinate blows. All are argot from the aboriginal bisected of the twentieth century. Jane Smiley wrote in Horse Heaven (2000), “‘It’s affectionate of fun in a way. At atomic I get to draft my assemblage a lot and they don’t mind. Alarming your assemblage is the way they do things here.’”Learn more: blow, stack, top