Usually means: Loses temper very quickly, unexpectedly.
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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word flies off the handle:

General (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. flies off the handle: Merriam-Webster
  2. flies off the handle: Vocabulary.com
  3. flies off the handle: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. flies off the handle: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. flies off the handle: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. flies off the handle: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. flies off the handle: Idioms



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