flip\ one's\ lid

flip\ one's\ lid
slang
1. To lose one's temper.

When that pushy salesman came back Mom really flipped her lid.

Compare: blow a fuse
2. To lose your mind; become insane.

When he offered me three times the pay I was getting, I thought he had flipped his lid.

3. To become unreasonably enthusiastic.

She flipped her lid over a hat she saw in the store window.

He's flipped his lid over that new actress.


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