off the deep end
Extremely angry.
I told him that I'd broken the vase, and he went off the deep end.
adj
Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards.
The lake is extremely deep.
We hiked into a deep valley between tall mountains.
Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards.
Diving down to deep wrecks can be dangerous.
I can't get the bullet out – it's too deep.
Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards.
The shelves are 30 centimetres deep. — They are deep shelves.
That cyclist's deep chest allows him to draw more air.
Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards.
The water was waist-deep.
There is an arm-deep hole in the wall.
Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards.
a crowd four deep along the funeral procession, and people two deep on the sidewalks
adv
Far, especially far down through something or into something, physically or figuratively.
The ogre lived in a cave deep underground.
We ventured deep into the forest.
In a profound, not superficial, manner.
I thought long and deep.
deep-laid
In large volume.
breathe deep, drink deep
A little Learning is a dang'rous Thing; / Drink deep, or taſte not the Pierian Spring:
Back towards one's own goal, baseline, or similar.
He's normally a midfield player, but today he's playing deep.
noun
The deep part of a lake, sea, etc.
creatures of the deep
The sea, the ocean.
How few! yet how they creep / Through my fingers to the deep, / While I weep—while I weep! / O God! can I not grasp / Them with a tighter clasp?
A deep hole or pit, a water well; an abyss.
Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
A deep or innermost part of something in general.
And what delights can equal those That stir the spirit’s inner deeps, When one that loves but knows not, reaps A truth from one that loves and knows?
A silent time; quiet isolation.
the deep of night