Flip your lid

To suddenly go crazy or become angry. Origin was based on the observation that water boiling in a pot could bubble so violently as to "flip the lid" off the pot, leading to the analogy of a human becoming so angry as to "flip their lid". It was later generalized to mean any sudden change in emotional state.

Dude, all I did was show you the latest financial report, no need to flip your lid and start screaming at me!

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lid

A lid is an absolute tosser

That barman is a lid!

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red lid tube

A sterile, plastic tube with a red lid similar in nature to those marketed by Falcon but from a (much) cheaper manufacturer.

PhD student 1: We're out of red lid tubes.
PhD student 2: Oh you balloon! You didn't order any.

Technician: Shall I order some red lid tubes?
PhD student: Yes. Bail on.

bin lid

A bin lid is a pound coin (£) in British money.

Give me a bin-lid.

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text lids

When you look in another car and you can only see the other person's eye lids because they are staring in their lap texting on their phone.

Dude 1: wtf is this crazy lady doing
Dude 2: yea I see text lids, that explains a lot

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Called a lid for the day

When you go crawl in bed and pretend you don't have dementia.

Joe Biden is being racist and can't remember what year it is today so he called a lid for the day.

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used ketchup lid

When the rusty bullet hole has had a hard night.

Blooming hell frank, I hammered her arse hole that hard it looks like a used ketchup lid.