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April 2021

To blow a fuse

ENGLISH IDIOM OF THE MONTH:
„To blow a fuse“

 

MEANING
To burst into anger.

TRANSLATION
Einen Wutanfall kriegen.
wörtlich: Eine Zündschnur/Sicherung verblasen.

EXAMPLE
A: ‘I don’t know what happened! All I did was forget to put sugar in her coffee and she blew a fuse!’
B: ‘Yeh, it’s not fair that she got angry over that!’