Sentence examples for blowing a fuse from inspiring English sources

Idiom

Blow a fuse.

If you blow a fuse, you become uncontrollably angry.

Dictionary

blowing a fuse

verb

Present participle of blow a fuse

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The challenge: how to maintain integrity without blowing a fuse.

A slump in full year profits has led to shares in power plant operator Drax blowing a fuse.

At first, the place seemed held together with duct tape; the chefs could not use a food processor without blowing a fuse.

It is insufficient for my family's use — we are unable to operate both an iron and a hairdryer without blowing a fuse.

His building is about 90 years old and its wiring is so dated that he cannot turn on his two air-conditioners and all of the lights without blowing a fuse, he said.

Two Shepherd's Bush dates – their only British shows of 2012 – sold out, but the main tabloid coverage of their visit has been a story about the lighting rig blowing a fuse when they performed on The Voice.

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She even blew a fuse.

He occasionally blows a fuse.

Urruti blew a fuse.

You could blow a fuse.

Electrical retailer Darty blew a fuse, down 7.5% to 46p.

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