F
Idioms beginning with "F"
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[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. To lose your mind; become insane.
* /When he offered me three times the pay I was […]
[flip out] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal}
To go insane, to go out of one's mind.
A is impossible to talk to Joe today — he must have flipped out.
[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.
[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 saw the print shop he did a flip-flop and now he's learning printing.
[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.
* /The football coach hoped to surprise his opponents by using a […]
[floor one] {v. phr.}
To overwhelm; astound; nonplus.
John's sudden announcement that he would retire floored all of us in the office.
[floorwalker] {n.}
A section manager in a department store.
To exchange this pair of shoes, you must first get the floorwalker's approval.