blow\ one's\ top

blow\ one's\ top
v. phr.
To become very excited, angry, hysterical, or furious.

"No need to blow your top, Al," his wife said, "just because you lost a few dollars."

See: blow a fuse, blow one's top , blow one's stack

Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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