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. informal
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blow a gasket

verb
See blow a fuse
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • 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