F
Idioms beginning with "F"
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[fly off the handle] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To become very angry.
John flew off the handle whenever Mary made a mistake.
The children's noise made the man next door fly off the handle.
Syn.: [LOSE ONE'S TEMPER].
[fly the coop] {v. phr.}, {slang}
To leave suddenly and secretly; run away.
The robbers flew the coop before the police arrived.
His partner flew the coop with all the money.
[flying visit] {n. phr.}
A visit of very short duration.
Tom came to New York for only a flying visit. We had hardly eaten lunch when he had to leave.
[fly into a rage] or [temper] {v. phr.}
To become very angry.
By the time we mention the name of her ex-husband, she flies into a rage.
[foam at the mouth] {v. phr.}, {slang}
To be very angry, like a mad dog.
By the time Uncle Henry had the third flat tire he was really foaming at the mouth.
[fob off] {v.}, {informal}
1. To get something false accepted as good or real.
The peddler fobbed off pieces of glass as diamonds.
Syn.: [PALM OFF], [PASS OFF].
2. To put aside; not really answer but get rid of.
* /Her little brother asked […]
[foggy bottom] {n.}, {slang}
An area in downtown Washington, D.C. where many offices of the Department of State are located; hence figuratively, the U.S. Department of State.
* /The press secretary gave us a lot of foggy bottom double-talk about the […]
[fold up] {v.}, {informal}
To collapse; fail.
The team folded up in the last part of the season.
The new restaurant folded up in less than a year.
Compare: [FALL APART].