to display a very bad temper, often by screaming a lot
to throw a tantrum
an outburst that is often seen as unreasonable given the circumstances
an outburst against someone when you feel that you have been wronged
fit of rage
to have a fit
When she didn’t get her way, she drove off in a fit of anger.
My sister is very spoilt. When she doesn’t get her way, she goes into a fit of anger.
The little girl had a fit of anger when her mother refused to buy her the doll that she wanted.
He had a fit of anger over the broken ice cream machine.
His fit of anger over the accident scared me.
I am not used to people displaying fits of anger, it is not acceptable in my family.
My father threw a fit when he saw that my mother had scratched the car.
There is no origin for this idiom
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