off the handle
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Isaac, who did not want his surname to be published, said it was a "daily occurrence" to hear teachers "completely fly off the handle" at pupils, including those as young as 12 and 13.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2024
The execution was better and Burdick weakly fouled the pitch off the handle of his bat.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
Mr. Baldwin may have a reputation of flying off the handle in his personal life, as when he blasted New York City on Twitter as “a mismanaged carnival of stupidity.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2021
That doesn’t mean I don’t fly off the handle at times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2021
How many times had her grandfather cautioned her to think before she flew off the handle?
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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