Idiom
get one's panties in a pretzel
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 panties in a pretzel over such a small mistake.”
“He got his panties in a pretzel because the meeting started five minutes late.”
“She often gets her panties in a pretzel when plans change, even though the new arrangements are perfectly reasonable.”
Examples
simple
“Don't get your panties in a pretzel over such a small mistake.”
contextual
“He got his panties in a pretzel because the meeting started five minutes late.”
complex
“She often gets her panties in a pretzel when plans change, even though the new arrangements are perfectly reasonable.”
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