ponerse histérico

v.

to lose control, to go into hysterics.

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(v.) = go + berserk, go + postal, work up + a lather, throw + a wobbly, throw + a wobbler

Ex. It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.

Ex. You have also probably read about cases where an employee 'went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.

Ex. The boy's mother got angry as a hornet and obtained a lawyer, who also has worked up a lather over this grievous injustice.

Ex. The good thing about having it in writing is that you`re then well within your rights to throw a wobbly and demand you get what you paid for.

Ex. Of course there are things they don't like, and sometimes one of them throws a wobbler -- which sets the other one off!.

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(v.) = go + berserk, go + postal, work up + a lather, throw + a wobbly, throw + a wobbler

Ex: It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.

Ex: You have also probably read about cases where an employee 'went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.

Ex: The boy's mother got angry as a hornet and obtained a lawyer, who also has worked up a lather over this grievous injustice.

Ex: The good thing about having it in writing is that you`re then well within your rights to throw a wobbly and demand you get what you paid for.

Ex: Of course there are things they don't like, and sometimes one of them throws a wobbler -- which sets the other one off!.