Fly off the handle

Fly off the handle

Fly off the handle

Fly into a rage / Hit the ceiling / Blow a fuse (Slang)


Perdere il lume della ragione

Perdere il lume dell'intelletto / Perdere il ben dell'intelletto

Perdere il lume della ragione

Perdere il lume della ragione

Meanings
Fig.: to lose control of one's emotions; to explode in anger
Examples
Our next-door neighbor really flew off the handle when the kids' football fell on her roses for the tenth time
La nostra vicina ha veramente perso il lume della ragione quando il pallone dei bambini รจ caduto per la decima volta sulle sue rose
Just talking about taxes makes me fly off the handle
Il solo parlare di tasse mi fa perdere il lume della ragione
Origin
In the early 1800s many Americans used handmade tools with ax-heads to chop down trees and build houses. These handmade tools were not always of good quality, so it could happen that, during energetic chopping, the loose ax-head would dangerously fly off the handle. Hence the use of the expression to describe a risky "loss of control".