Idiom
get bent out of shape
Meaning
To take offense; to become angry, agitated, or upset.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Don't get bent out of shape over a small mistake.”
“He got bent out of shape when I arrived ten minutes late to the meeting.”
“She tends to get bent out of shape whenever her colleagues offer constructive criticism regarding her project proposals.”
Examples
simple
“Don't get bent out of shape over a small mistake.”
contextual
“He got bent out of shape when I arrived ten minutes late to the meeting.”
complex
“She tends to get bent out of shape whenever her colleagues offer constructive criticism regarding her project proposals.”
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- Level
- B1 · Intermediate
- Updated