Spitting the dummy?

[KenCunningham]

There are quite a few phrases describing the sight of someone losing their temper or coherence in certain situations, one of which is the subject of this thread. Others might be 'threw their toys out of the pram', 'went off on one', 'did a Keegan' and 'Came over all tired and emotional'. Any others that people have come across?

I don't mind people who aren't what they seem. I just wish they'd make their mind up.

 

[Dagon]

Threw a wobbly
Blew his/her top
Went nuts/berserk/crackers

 

[Dagon]

I think "tired and emotional" is a euphemism for drunk rather than angry.

 

[KenCunningham]

Agreed up to a point, Dagon, but I think it is also implicit that the person isn't in control of their emotions either.

I don't mind people who aren't what they seem. I just wish they'd make their mind up.

 

[lewisp]

Had a hissy fit
Lost it big time

 

[BJCooperIT]

Blew his cork
Went off

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[RCorrigan]

Gone Postal !!!!!!

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[Ladyazh]

Had a fit?
Had a temper tantrum?

I disaree with "tired and emotional" for drunk though, I haven't seen this kind.

 

[Dagon]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tired_and_emotional

 

[Ladyazh]

Whatever they say I still haven't met this kind ever.Have you?

 

[Dagon]

Do you mean you've never met someone who was literally "tired and emotional" when drunk ? Well, it is meant as a euphemism rather than an exact description of everyone who gets drunk. But clearly people do get more emotional when drunk (e.g. they can become much more aggressive or much more maudlin than normal). Also, sufficient alcohol will eventually lead to complete stupor (hence the "tiredness").

 

[DTSMAN]

Had the RedA**. (May just be a Texas thing?)

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[Lunatic]

DTSMAN - I've heard redfaced...

 

[Welshbird]

I've always heard 'tired and emotional' to mean that point in the evening when everyone starts saying

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[Ladyazh]

willif, I got it! You are right, I forgot about that type of emotions when you do not jump up and down but acting rather very tragically. LOL

 

[Trevoke]

To explode.
To be about to pop a vein.
Lost control.
Lost patience.
Lost one's cool.
Lost one's composure
To get pissed, to be pissed off..

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[KenCunningham]

Trevoke - now that the US is awake, it might be a good time to warn that 'To get pissed' has another meaning altogether this side of the pond! Something like the earlier 'tired and emotional' perhaps.

I don't mind people who aren't what they seem. I just wish they'd make their mind up.

 

[jebenson]

Mad enough to chew nails.
Went ballistic.
Went on a tear.
Went apes***.
Ran amok (I've also seen it spelled 'amuck').


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[Trevoke]

Ken, funny, I almost put that in parentheses!

"That time in Seattle... was a nightmare. I came out of it dead broke, without a house, without anything except a girlfriend and a knowledge of UNIX."
"Well, that's something," Avi says. "Normally those two are mutually exclusive."
-- Neal Stephenson, "Cryptonomicon"

 

[kaht]

Went off the deep end
Went bonkers

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