Go into orbit

Origin

The phrase "go into orbit" blasts off from the thrilling dawn of the Space Age in the mid-20th century. As rockets launched with unprecedented power, sending satellites and astronauts soaring beyond Earth's atmosphere, the imagery of immense energy, acceleration, and ultimately, an uncontrolled trajectory, captured the public imagination. It quickly became a vivid metaphor for intense, uncontrolled emotion—particularly anger or extreme excitement—suggesting a person whose feelings have become so overwhelming they’ve effectively broken free from normal bounds, spinning wildly like a celestial body.