let/blow off steam
1.let or make steam escape 排气;放气
The worker let off some steam because the pressure was too high.那位工人排出一些水气,因为压力大高。
2.get rid of physical energy or strong feeling through activity;in dulge in strong or violent language to relieve one's feeling 发泄精力或情绪;讲激烈而粗野的话以发泄感情;出气
When the rain stopped,the boys let off steam with a ball game.雨停后,孩子们赛球解闷。
When men let off steam,they tend to shout;women,on the other hand,express their feelings by weeping.男人发泄强烈感情时,倾向于大声喊叫;妇女则不然,用哭泣来发泄感情。
Don't take any notice of what he says;he's just letting off steam.不要理睬他所说的话,他在出气罢了。
Bill had to take his foreman's rough criticisms all day and he would blow off steam at home by scolding the children.比尔整天挨领班的训责,回家后就拿孩子出气。