Idiom
throw one's toys out of the pram
Meaning
To lose one's temper; to throw a tantrum.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He threw his toys out of the pram when he lost the game.”
“The manager threw his toys out of the pram after the team missed the deadline, shouting at everyone in the office.”
“Rather than discussing the contract changes calmly, the director threw his toys out of the pram and stormed out of the boardroom, leaving the stakeholders in stunned silence.”
Examples
simple
“He threw his toys out of the pram when he lost the game.”
contextual
“The manager threw his toys out of the pram after the team missed the deadline, shouting at everyone in the office.”
complex
“Rather than discussing the contract changes calmly, the director threw his toys out of the pram and stormed out of the boardroom, leaving the stakeholders in stunned silence.”
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