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Old 16-Oct-2005, 08:35
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Literally 'cut off'. I think it comes from 'the self-
control is cut off', thus 'lose temper'.
'Lose one's temper' is a traditional normal expression
I think. Is there any more colloquial expression for that?
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In BrE, we say 'lose your rag', 'go spare', etc.
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Thank you very much for valuable info as always.
If possible, would you give me some more examples
of etc, etc?
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hit the roof / hit the ceiling
fly off the handle
blow one's top
blow up etc.................
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Lose it
See red
The red mist
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Thank you very much, everybody.
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