blow a gasket
blow a gasket
To react furiously and/or violently, to the point of losing control of one's behavior. Mom totally blew a gasket when I told her I had failed math. Don't blow a gasket, it's just a tiny scratch on the car.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
blow a gasket
1 suffer a leak in a gasket of an engine. 2 lose your temper. informalSee also: blow, gasket
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
blow a gasket
verbSee blow a fuse
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- blow (one's) lid
- blow one’s lid
- cork
- blow (one's) cork
- blow one’s cork
- blow one’s fuse
- blow (one's) fuse
- blow (one's) wig
- give (one) furiously to think
- give someone furiously to think