🤖 Literally, in English
“As if he broke off his chain.”
Наче з ланцюга зірвався. Nache z lantsiuha zirvavsia
🤨 What does it ACTUALLY mean? →
🇬🇧 What you'd actually say
“He's completely off the rails.”
also: “He's lost all self-control.” · “He's out of control.”
- 📖 Meaning
- Someone has lost all restraint and is behaving wildly or aggressively.
- 💡 Why it's funny
- The mental image is unmistakably a chained yard dog, which is not a flattering thing to be compared to.
- 🧭 Closest English idiom
- No direct English equivalent. English has 'off the rails' and 'off the leash', but 'off the leash' means happily free, while this is closer to a guard dog that has broken loose. Neither English phrase carries both the aggression and the sudden release.
- 📝 Explanation
- Said about rage, but also about someone who has started partying, spending or working obsessively after a period of restraint.
🧠 Learn
- off the rails (idiom) — behaving in an uncontrolled or unacceptable way — зірватися, піти вразнос “He went off the rails last year.”
- restraint (noun) — control over your behaviour — стриманість “He showed no restraint at all.”
🗣 In context
Він кричав на всіх — наче з ланцюга зірвався.
He was shouting at everyone — completely off the rails.
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