Idiom
get one's knickers in a twist
Meaning
To become overwrought or unnecessarily upset over a trivial matter.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Don't get your knickers in a twist over such a small mistake.”
“She got her knickers in a twist because the coffee shop ran out of her favorite flavor of syrup.”
“The manager often got his knickers in a twist whenever the office supplies were slightly disorganized, much to the annoyance of his team.”
Examples
simple
“Don't get your knickers in a twist over such a small mistake.”
contextual
“She got her knickers in a twist because the coffee shop ran out of her favorite flavor of syrup.”
complex
“The manager often got his knickers in a twist whenever the office supplies were slightly disorganized, much to the annoyance of his team.”
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