Idiom
pop one's cork
Meaning
To become explosively angry.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He will pop his cork if you keep teasing him.”
“When the boss saw the project was ruined, he finally popped his cork in front of the entire team.”
“Despite his usual composure, the constant delays caused him to pop his cork, leaving his colleagues stunned by his sudden outburst of rage.”
Examples
simple
“He will pop his cork if you keep teasing him.”
contextual
“When the boss saw the project was ruined, he finally popped his cork in front of the entire team.”
complex
“Despite his usual composure, the constant delays caused him to pop his cork, leaving his colleagues stunned by his sudden outburst of rage.”
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