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Idiom

get one's bowels in an uproar

Meaning

to become upset

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“Please do not get your bowels in an uproar over such a small mistake.”

“He tends to get his bowels in an uproar whenever his travel plans do not go exactly as he expected.”

“The manager warned the team not to get their bowels in an uproar regarding the sudden policy change until they understood the full context.”

Examples

simple

“Please do not get your bowels in an uproar over such a small mistake.”

contextual

“He tends to get his bowels in an uproar whenever his travel plans do not go exactly as he expected.”

complex

“The manager warned the team not to get their bowels in an uproar regarding the sudden policy change until they understood the full context.”

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