blow a fuse

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === blow a fuse (third-person singular simple present blows a fuse, present participle blowing a fuse, simple past blew a fuse, past participle blown a fuse) (electricity) To overload a circuit sufficiently that a fuse protecting it melts away (or informally a circuit breaker trips), stopping current from flowing. (idiomatic, informal) To lose one's temper; to become enraged. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:lose one's temper ==== Translations ====