Idiom
get one's knickers in a knot
Meaning
Synonym of get one's knickers in a twist.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Don't get your knickers in a knot over such a small mistake.”
“He got his knickers in a knot when the meeting started five minutes late.”
“She advised her colleague not to get his knickers in a knot, as the minor scheduling error would be corrected by the end of the day.”
Examples
simple
“Don't get your knickers in a knot over such a small mistake.”
contextual
“He got his knickers in a knot when the meeting started five minutes late.”
complex
“She advised her colleague not to get his knickers in a knot, as the minor scheduling error would be corrected by the end of the day.”
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