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See red, blue and silver lining hamper (4,1,6)

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I believe the answer is:

blow a gasket

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'see red' is the definition.
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'blue and silver lining hamper' is the wordplay.
'blue' becomes 'low' (both can mean sad).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'silver' becomes 'Ag' (Ag is the chemical symbol for silver).
'lining' is an insertion indicator.
'hamper' becomes 'basket' (I've seen this in another clue).
'low'+'ag'='lowag'
'lowag' placed inside 'basket' is 'BLOW A GASKET'.

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