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Feelings - Losing One's Temper

Explore English idioms that relate to losing one's temper with examples like "go ballistic" and "hot under the collar".

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English idioms related to Feelings
to throw a wobbly

to get extremely angry, upset, or frustrated and behave in an uncontrolled manner

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to rant and rave

to display one's anger or frustration by complaining or shouting, particularly for a while

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to scream blue murder

to show one's disagreement, complaint, pain, or anger by shouting or screaming very loudly and in length

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a short fuse

one's tendency to suddenly become enraged due to having low tolerance

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to go through the roof

to become extremely angry, agitated, or upset

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worked up

(of a person) very angry or upset about something unpleasant that has happened

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(as) red as a cherry

used to refer to a situation in which one becomes extremely angry, causing one's face to turn red

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to make one's hackles rise

to do something that makes someone become extremely angry

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to see red

to suddenly become enraged and uncontrollably angry

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(as) mad as a hornet

used to describe someone who suddenly becomes very angry and is unable to stay calm

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to fly off the handle

to suddenly become angry

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to blow a fuse

to suddenly lose one's temper and become extremely angry

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to foam at the mouth

to become extremely furious about something

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hot under the collar

extremely furious or upset

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fit to be tied

(of a person) severely irritated or enraged

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to go ballistic

to suddenly become extremely angry

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to do one's nut

to become really angry in a way that causes one to act uncontrollably

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