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blow a gasket

vb. 1 (&lit blow gasket English) To cause the seal made by a gasket to fail. 2 (context idiomatic English) To become very angry or upset.

Usage examples of "blow a gasket".

I heard scratchy screeching sounds, and a harsh loony almost-laughter that soared through three or four octaves, and a low ominous burbling noise, as if some hydraulic device was about to blow a gasket.

And once he got a load of her new assistant he would probably blow a gasket.