go postal
(irar-se fora de controle, ficar completamente irado)
His partner went postal
when he Susan she was completely wrong. = A sua sócia ficou
fora de controle quando ele disse que Susan estava completamente errada.
Do lvro do autor deste blog: Pequeno Dicionário de Dicas e Dificuldades
Curiosidade: de onde veio a expressão
"The expression derives from a series of incidents from 1983 onward in which United States Postal Service(USPS) workers shot and killed managers, fellow workers, and members of the police or general public in acts of mass murder. Between 1986 and 1997, more than forty people were gunned down by spree killers in at least twenty incidents of workplace rage. The term gained popularity due to the movie Clueless (1995) by Amy Heckerling."
Cena do filme "Falling Down" (1993) com Michael Douglas e Robert Duvall. Com o título em Português, "Um Dia de Fúria", este bom filme mostra bem o que significa "going postal"...
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