Fly Off the Handle In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "Fly Off the Handle", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Eudora Thao calendar 2021-03-17 12:03

Meaning of Fly Off the Handle

Fly Off the Handle informal

To be extremely angry with someone or something

When I spoke to my wife about my unprofitable start-up company, she flew off the handle and shouted to me.

Many people flew off the handle because the fight was delayed for five hours.

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Used to express your displeasure

Grammar and Usage of Fly Off the Handle

Verb Forms

  • flew off the handle
  • flies off the handle
  • flying off the handle

The verb 'fly' should be conjugated according to its tense.

Origin of Fly Off the Handle

The expression is recorded in the 19th-century by Thomas Haliburton.

 

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