blew a fuse
Had angry outburst
Blew a fuse means lost one's temper suddenly and explosively: When he saw the dent in his car, he blew a fuse.
The metaphor comes from electrical fuses, which burn out when overloaded—suggesting anger that overwhelms someone's capacity for calm.
Also appears as blow a fuse.
- lost itSuddenly gave way emotionally
- angerIntense hostile emotion
- overloadBurden beyond capacity
- electrical overloadExcessive current through wiring
- freaked outBecame extremely agitated
lost my temper · frustration · snap · temper · short-circuit · breaker · flipped out · rage · tantrum · hit the roof · hit the ceiling · went bananas · wrath · threw a fit · explode · flew off the handle · transformer · capacitor
- lost controllost control, lost it, snapped, went crazy, went nuts
- brokenbroken, busted, broken down, out of order, not working
- drove someone nutsannoyed, irritated, frustrated, aggravated, exasperated
emotional control
blew a fusestayed calm
kept one's cool · held it together · bit one's tongue · rolled with the punches · grinned and bore it
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