go postal [俚语]--go postal----怒火中烧,失去控制而欲实施遥行为
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Definition: To lose control and act violently; to be filled with rage and fury; to break under pressure and harm others.


Example: 1) Tom looks awfully upset.
I hope he doesn't go postal and kill us all!



Etymology[词源]: In the last few years, a number of mail carriers in the United States have gone crazy and shot some of their fellow employees.
(In the U.
S.
, a mail carrier is called a 'mailman' or 'postman', and the mail service is called the 'post office'.
The word 'post' has a number of meanings, and can be used as a noun referring to a delivery of mail, and as a verb referring to mailing a letter.
)

Synonyms: go nuts