flipping one's lid

Verb

flip one's lid (third-person singular simple present flips one's lid, present participle flipping one's lid, simple past and past participle flipped one's lid)

1. (idiomatic, informal) To become explosively angry, to lose one's temper.
   • Wait, you'll see. Three hours on a night like this is enough to make you flip your lid.1948, Norman Mailer, The Naked and the Dead, New York; Toronto: Rinehart & Company, page 113

   Synonyms:

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