flip one's lid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

en-au-flip one's lid.ogg

flip one's lid flips one's lid flipping one's lid flipped one's lid flip the lid

Originally an Americanism; from the analogy of a boiling pot explosively popping off its lid due to built-up internal pressure.

flip out flip one's wig blow one's top blow a gasket

put a lid on

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