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The idiom "blow your top" comes from the beginning commercialization of coal mining and oil drilling, as well as steam engines. They used liquid or stick TNT in coal mines, and often had unintended explosions which could very literally blow the out the roof of a mine and cause a disaster, bury miners, and cause deaths. In oil derricks, oil from underground gushed or "blew" from the well before it could be shut down. In steam engines, a build up of boiling hot water could tear apart machinery as well as scald and kill workers. In each of these, the situation was out of control, beyond containment, and left witnesses in a daze and quite upset.
The idiom means to emotionally "blow" in a way that feels sudden, explosive, and scary to experience. It also means to be out of control in expressing your anger. Witnesses to someone blowing their top can feel quite upsetting, so the witness or brunt of the anger can be dazed by the explosiveness.
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∙ 8y agoSomeone that gets really, furiously angry.
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How long has the idiom blow ones top been around?
eight mr. patatos
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