Idiom
flip one's wig
Meaning
To become very angry.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“My boss will flip his wig if he sees this mess.”
“When he realized his car was towed, he completely flipped his wig in the middle of the street.”
“The manager knew that if the shareholders discovered the missing funds, they would surely flip their wigs and demand an immediate investigation.”
Examples
simple
“My boss will flip his wig if he sees this mess.”
contextual
“When he realized his car was towed, he completely flipped his wig in the middle of the street.”
complex
“The manager knew that if the shareholders discovered the missing funds, they would surely flip their wigs and demand an immediate investigation.”
Origin
A variation of flip one's lid.
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