🗓️ Idiom: Blow Your Top (v)
💬 Meaning
- To suddenly lose your temper.
- To become very angry, especially because of frustration or disappointment.
🧠 Example Sentences
- The customer blew his top when the sales team failed to call him back after three days.
- My manager blew her top after seeing that the same billing error happened again.
- When the technician ignored the client’s message, the client blew his top during the next meeting.
🏛️ Origin
The idiom “blow your top” compares a person’s anger to a volcano or a steam engine building up pressure until it explodes. The “top” represents the lid or cover that bursts open when pressure becomes too great. It became common in English in the early 20th century as a colourful way to describe sudden, uncontrollable anger.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
When the customer noticed that the same mistake appeared on his invoice again, he ________.
Answer
blew his top
2. Choose the correct answer:
What does “blow your top” mean?
a) To relax after a long day.
b) To suddenly become very angry.
c) To make a complaint politely.
Answer
b) To suddenly become very angry.
3. Change the sentence using “blow your top”:
“The manager got extremely angry after hearing all the customer complaints.”
Answer
The manager blew her top after hearing all the customer complaints.
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