throw a fit

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throw a fit - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  throw a fit
      v 1: get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor
           combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very
           elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic" [syn:
           flip one's lid, blow up, throw a fit, hit the roof,
           hit the ceiling, have kittens, have a fit, combust,
           blow one's stack, fly off the handle, flip one's wig,
           lose one's temper, blow a fuse, go ballistic]