Idiom
dummy spit
Meaning
The act of overreacting (as an adult) to a situation childishly, in an angry or frustrated manner.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He had a dummy spit when he lost the game.”
“The manager had a total dummy spit in front of the team because the report was five minutes late.”
“Despite his professional reputation, he threw a public dummy spit when the committee rejected his proposal, shocking everyone in the boardroom.”
Examples
simple
“He had a dummy spit when he lost the game.”
contextual
“The manager had a total dummy spit in front of the team because the report was five minutes late.”
complex
“Despite his professional reputation, he threw a public dummy spit when the committee rejected his proposal, shocking everyone in the boardroom.”
Origin
From when babies have tantrums, and spit out any dummy that they may be sucking.
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