Blow Idioms

(English Idioms & Sayings) BLOW IDIOMS
blow a fuse

- to burn out a fuse, to become angry
We quickly replaced the old fuse when our house blew a fuse last night.
My friend blew a fuse when I told him that I had lost his book

blow one`s own horn

- to praise oneself
My friend is always blowing his own horn and is very annoying at times.

blow one's top/stack

- to become very angry
The customer blew his stack when they refused to exchange his purchase at the store.

blow over

- to die down, to calm down
The problem with the lost invoices has blown over and everybody is happy again.

blow (someone) away

- to overcome someone emotionally
The performance was so wonderful that it blew me away.

blow (someone's) cover

- to reveal someone's true identity or purpose
The police blew the officer's cover by mistake.

blow (someone's) mind

- to overwhelm or excite someone
The beauty of the African wildlife parks blew my mind during our holiday.

blow (someone or something) off

- to avoid someone, to not attend something
We blew off the chance to go to the general meeting.

blow (something)

- to fail at something, to ruin something
I think that I blew the final math exam last week.

blow (something) out of all proportion

- to make a bigger issue about something than it really is
The problem was very small but the manager blew it out of all proportion.

blow the lid off (something)

- to reveal something (often a wrongdoing)
The government investigation blew the lid off the illegal activities.

blow the whistle (on someone)

- to report someone's wrongdoing to the police or other authorities
The employee blew the whistle on the illegal practices of the company.

blow to smithereens

- to explode into tiny pieces
The gas tanker was blown to smithereens during the accident.

blow up (at someone)

- to get angry, to lose one's temper
The passenger who was waiting in the line blew up at the ticket agent.

blow up in (someone's) face

- to be ruined while one is working on it (a plan/project etc.), to explode suddenly
The secret plan blew up in our face when we discovered that everybody already knew about it.

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