| Generally, however, in the face of inopportune requests and setbacks one tends to fly off the handle. |
| For example, I once had a supervisor who would sometimes fly off the handle at the smallest provocation. |
| There are still moments when they fly off the handle, but for the most part they understand that they are safe here. |
| To be a captain in the Canadian military you must be a person of strong will and you must be a person who is not one to fly off the handle in the normal sense. |
| Spiral is too willing to fly off the handle at others when his pride is hurt. |
| He was clearly frustrated and disappointed about what happened in South Africa, but I am not going to fly off the handle about this whole thing. |
