flip your lid
Go completely berserk
To flip your lid is to lose your temper or composure suddenly and dramatically: When he saw the dent in his car, he completely flipped his lid.
The image is of a container's top flying off under pressure.
The phrase can also mean to go crazy with excitement or enthusiasm: The crowd flipped their lids when the band took the stage.
- lose itSuccumb to overwhelming emotion
- lose your temperAbruptly give into anger
- blow upViolently burst apart
- blow a gasketLose one's temper violently
- explodeBurst with sudden force
blow your top · rage · go berserk · tantrum · throw a fit · have a fit · meltdown · snap · freak out · go ballistic · go off the deep end · see red · boil over · erupt · unhinged · crack · come unglued · outburst
- anger expressionssee red, seeing red, lose your temper, blow a fuse, blow a gasket
flip your lidstay calm
Remain unruffled
keep your cool · keep your head · keep it together · hold it together · chill out
flip your lidbite your tongue
Refrain from speaking
turn the other cheek · count to ten · let it go · take a deep breath · simmer down
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