That was certainly true of Bertholdt, who would fly off the handle in some pretty rough situations.From the 9th paragraph of this article at CBR.com.
上記の文で、fly off the handleの意味は?
In the sentence above, what does "fly off the handle" mean?
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解答
意味:英辞郎によると、
もちろん、問題文の訳は2番です。
- 〔斧を振り上げた時に斧の頭が〕柄から抜けて飛び出す
- 〈話〉〔人が〕自制心を失う、急に怒りだす、キレる
Answer
According to Merriam-Webster:to lose control of one's emotions: to become very angry
Examples
- He tends to fly off the handle when people disagree with him.
- He's extremely irritable - he flies off the handle at the slightest thing.
- You have to be very careful because he flies off the handle very easily.
- It's a shame the candidate allowed himself to fly off the handle like that during the debate, since it undermines a lot of the really solid arguments he'd been making up to that point.
- I know you're upset, but there's no point flying off the handle like that. It was just an honest mistake.
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