sauter au plafond

listen to the pronunciation of sauter au plafond
Französisch - Englisch
blow up
To fail disastrously
To suddenly get very angry

Dad blew up at me when I told him I was pregnant.

To inflate or fill with air

Blow up the balloons.

To explode or be destroyed by explosion

Why do cars in movies always blow up when they fall off a cliff?.

To enlarge or zoom in

Blow up the picture to get a better look at their faces.

If a wind or a storm blows up, the weather becomes very windy or stormy. A storm blew up over the mountains
If someone blows something up or if it blows up, it is destroyed by an explosion. He was jailed for 45 years for trying to blow up a plane Their boat blew up as they slept
make large; "blow up an image
an enlargement
To become fatigued or exhausted The Ultimate Warrior was said to be one of a number of wrestlers who blows up on the entry ramp
to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
If a photographic image is blown up, a large copy is made of it. The image is blown up on a large screen. two blown up photos of Paddy. see also blow-up
get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic"
  What happens when a ISSUE escalates from something no one knows about to something everyone knows about and threatens to bring down a minister or government   The beleaguered member hopes that the controversy blows over and is soon forgotten (Added December 2002)
To become cardiovascularly exhausted in a match
make large; "blow up an image"
If you blow up at someone, you lose your temper and shout at them. I'm sorry I blew up at you When Myra told Karp she'd expose his past, he blew up. = explode
fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons"
If you blow up something such as a balloon or a tyre, you fill it with air. Other than blowing up a tyre I hadn't done any car maintenance
an enlargement, most frequently of a graphic image or photograph