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fly off the handle

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How to use fly off the handle in a sentence

Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.

A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.

For who, while tears are falling, will pause to handle the wreaths, and find whether they are genuine?

You never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.

Aristide darted off like a dragon-fly in the sunshine, as happy as a child with a new toy.

Mr. Slocum was not educated in a university, and his life has been in by-paths, and out-of-the-way places.

He stood swaying the umbrella-handle about, looking down at it, as if that would assist his decision.

ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOOD

I drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.

RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR

Then, his hand resting on the handle of the cab-door, this expression suddenly changed to one of alert suspicion.

DOPESAX ROHMER

“Confound it, no;” rejoined Mr. Simmery, stopping for an instant to smash a fly with the ruler.

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OCTOBER 26, 1985