in die Luft fliegen

to explode/blow up

Türkçe: patlamak

Noun

Luft f.

Verb

fliegen

Topic

Gesellschaft und Leben

In a sentence

Die alte Gasflasche fliegt bei dem Brand mit einem Knall in die Luft.

How it is used

Means 'to explode/blow up' (literally or figuratively). Neutral register. Use for a bomb or a person losing their temper. Nuance: for anger, it's more explosive than 'in die Luft gehen'.

Other verbs that go with Luft

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• Luft schöpfento catch one's breath
• aus der Luft greifento pull out of thin air
• in der Luft hängento be left hanging
• in der Luft liegento be in the air
• in die Luft gehento blow one's top
• an die Luft setzento fire/throw out

All collocations with Luft

Other collocations built on fliegen

• auf Sicht fahren / fliegento drive/fly based on visual cues, not instruments