blow a gasket
English
Verb
blow a gasket
- (informal) To become very angry or upset.
- Jack blew a gasket when he saw his son's poor report card.
- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see blow, gasket. To cause the seal made by a gasket to fail.
Synonyms
- blow a fuse, flip one's lid, fly off the handle, have a cow