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It's a metaphor where one's feelings are compared to a pot of water. The heat is applied to the water, and it gets hotter, and hotter, and finally the water boils over and gets all over the stove top. Sometimes you feel anger, let's say, but you keep it under control and bottle it up (another metaphor) inside while it gets hotter and hotter, and finally gets so hot it escapes, and you cannot help expressing it.

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