blown gasket
Seal under pressure
A blown gasket is a failed seal between engine components, allowing fluids or gases to leak where they shouldn't.
The phrase is most common in blown head gasket, a costly engine repair.
Figuratively, to blow a gasket is to lose one's temper explosively: My dad blew a gasket when he saw the credit card bill.
- engineMachine producing motion
- radiatorHeat transfer device
- overheatedExcessively warm
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
- leakEscape through a breach
check engine light · seal · coolant · cooling system · rupture · burst · mechanic · hood · pressure · repair · car · smoke · hose · cylinder · oil · breakdown · meltdown · temper
- car problemsflat tire, dead battery, engine light, check engine, brake failure
- car troubleflat tire, dead battery, stalled car, flooded engine, seized engine
- malfunctionsbroken, defective, glitch, faulty, error
- travel idiomshit the road, in the same boat, miss the boat, end of the road, crossroads
emotional state (idiomatic)
blown gasketkeeping one's cool
Staying composed when provoked
composure · equanimity · cool head · level-headedness · self-control
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