[flip one's lid] also [flip one's wig] {slang} 1. To lose one's temper. * /When that pushy salesman came back Mom really flipped her lid./ Compare: [BLOW A FUSE]. 2. […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

flip-flop

[flip-flop] (3) {adj. phr.}, {informal} Involving or using a change from one of two places, positions, or alternatives to the other. * /The machine was controlled by a flip-flop switch./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

flip-flop

[flip-flop] (1) {v.}, {informal} To alternate the positions of; exchange the places of; switch. * /The football coach had one play in which he flip-flopped his left halfback and fullback./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

flip-flop

[flip-flop] (2) {n.}, {informal} A complete change; a switch from one thing to an entirely different one. * /John wanted to be a carpenter like his father, but when he […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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