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Hebrew
Hebrewיצא מכליו (Yatsa miklav)
Meaning: To lose your temper; to be beside yourself.
Literally: He went out of his vessels
Example: “כשראה את השריטה על המכונית, הוא יצא מכליו.” — When he saw the scratch on the car, he lost his temper.
English equivalent: To lose one's temper
Equivalents in other languages
English: lose one's temper
Origin: Kelim are vessels or containers, and going out of one's vessels is overflowing them, unable to contain oneself. The phrase is literary Hebrew for losing one's temper. No first use is documented.
More Hebrew idioms
- חבל על הזמן (Ḥaval ʿal ha-zman) Amazing, fantastic — though it literally means 'a waste of time'.
- על הפנים (al hapanim) Terrible, awful, in a wretched state.
- לאכול סרטים (Le'ekhol sratim) To overthink and imagine dramatic worst-case scenarios.
- קופצים על המציאה (Kofsim al hamtsi'a) To seize a great opportunity at once.
- תפסת מרובה לא תפסת (Tafasta merubah lo tafasta) Overreach for too much and you end up with nothing.
- שבר את הראש (shavar et harosh) To rack your brains over something.
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