Idiom
get one's shorts 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 shorts in a knot over a small mistake.”
“He got his shorts in a knot when the meeting started ten minutes late.”
“There is no reason to get your shorts in a knot simply because the project requirements shifted slightly at the last minute.”
Examples
simple
“Don't get your shorts in a knot over a small mistake.”
contextual
“He got his shorts in a knot when the meeting started ten minutes late.”
complex
“There is no reason to get your shorts in a knot simply because the project requirements shifted slightly at the last minute.”
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