| 单词 | off the handle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoff the handle a. Originally U.S. off the handle: emotionally or mentally unstable; in a state of strong emotion; uncontrolled. ΚΠ 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. iv. 107 How they [sc. the Indians] pulled foot, when they seed us commin'. Most off the handle, some o' the tribe, I guess. 1851 H. D. Thoreau Jrnl. 7 June (1990) III. 244 I am off the handle as the phrase is—I begin to be transcendental and show where my heart is. 1882 in J. W. Bixler Decisions Dept. Interior (1903) XIII. 505 Ernest..stated soldier was ‘off the handle half the time’. 1915 A. Conan Doyle Valley of Fear i. v. 82 A kind of wave of jealousy would pass over him and he would be off the handle and saying the wildest things in a moment. 1934 H. Miller Tropic of Cancer (1961) 302 That was enough to set her completely off the handle. She said we were making fun of her. 2005 Liverpool Echo (Nexis) 23 Dec. 3 I'm a bit more laid-back and not so off-the-handle. < as lemmas |
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