Значение идиомы flip one’s lid
[flip one’s lid] also [flip one’s wig] {slang} 1. To lose one’stemper.
When that pushy salesman came back Mom really flipped herlid.
Compare: BLOW A FUSE. 2. To lose your mind; become insane.
When he offered me three times the pay I was getting, I thought hehad flipped his lid.
3. To become unreasonably enthusiastic.
Sheflipped her lid over a hat she saw in the store window.
He’sflipped his lid over that new actress.
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