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Anger and Annoyance Idioms

Fill the blanks in these idioms about being angry or annoyed.
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First submittedAugust 6, 2013
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Idiom
Foaming at the mouth
Blow a gasket
Makes one's blood boil
Ruffle one's feathers
Have a bone to pick
Have an axe to grind
Fly off the handle
Idiom
Have a short fuse
Get one's knickers in a twist
Rant and rave
Rub one the wrong way
Had it up to here
Got up on the wrong side of the bed
Drive one up the wall
Idiom
Make one see red
Chip on one's shoulder
At wit's end
Up in arms
Fit to be tied
A bee in one's bonnet
Have a conniption fit
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Level 59
Sep 5, 2013
I've also heard "knickers in a bunch" before.
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Level 45
Sep 5, 2013
Agree. Knot too.
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Level 82
Sep 5, 2013
I tried bunch, then knot, then twist.
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Level 15
Apr 16, 2014
I've heard it with "wad" as well.
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Level 75
Jul 1, 2014
That was my first answer, although I hear it more commonly said in connection with panties.
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Level 20
Jan 1, 2016
yeah I've only heard of twist but each to their own I suppose
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Level 59
Feb 1, 2017
I've heard wad
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Level 71
Sep 5, 2013
But there was no penguin involved in any of these!
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Level 54
Sep 6, 2013
I tried tangle - like tangled up in your underwear?
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Level 37
Sep 6, 2013
Good quiz. Got 21 out of 21.
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Level 51
Aug 18, 2015
Technically, I don't think "foaming at the mouth" has anything to do with anger or annoyance. I thought it had to do with craziness (referring back to rabid dogs foaming at the mouth). But I suppose maybe people do use it in connection with anger?
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Level 71
Nov 7, 2016
You never met my Latin Teacher!
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Level 65
May 28, 2019
that is the only way I know it, never heard it being used for crazy.
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Level 72
Jun 4, 2019
to me it always meant a mixture of crazy and mad, because it comes from animals with rabies who are overly aggressive.
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Level 56
Dec 16, 2015
Never heard of conniption fit. Otherwise easy. Maybe a bit too easy? Does that mean these idioms are a reflection of me??? Hope not!
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Level 49
Jan 18, 2018
Never heard of a conniption anything
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Level 72
Jun 4, 2019
I've always just heard it as having a conniption, never heard fit added to the end
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Level 79
Sep 11, 2016
never heard expression 'fit to be tied' or the word 'conniption', despite having some friends in New England. Don't think we use either of these in UK or Ireland.
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Level 71
Nov 7, 2016
I didn't get 'Fit to be Tied'...... but somewhere in my memory I can just hear something from a song in 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'.
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Level 65
May 28, 2019
never heard of either of the fit ones.
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Level 63
Mar 21, 2017
What about "Have a short temper"? I'd say that fits anger.
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Level 72
Jun 4, 2019
I tried that first as well, but is it really an idiom?
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Level 77
Aug 18, 2017
Conniption is one of my favorite words, along with dudgeon. Speaking of that, you didn't have "in high dudgeon" here.
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Level 44
Mar 23, 2018
does it make me a bad person that I knew all of these adn did this one with relative ease? LoL
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Level 59
Dec 14, 2018
Looked up conniption fit and discovered hissy fit too! Not very useful if you don't live in south east USA.
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Level 65
May 28, 2019
I know hissy fit, never heard the word conniption though. Hah even my spellcheck has never heard of it :D
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Level 63
May 29, 2019
I remember it from my youth in 1980s Nashville, though I remember hissy fit being used more. I hadn't thought of/heard it in years, but conniption came right to mind. Time for some Country Time Lemonade on the veranda. I still love Nashville, FWIW.
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Level 88
Dec 11, 2019
Those terms are used all-over, not just the South.
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Level 62
Apr 29, 2019
What about "pushing one's buttons"?
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Level 78
May 28, 2019
Am I the only one who has never heard "fly off the handle" before?
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Level 66
May 28, 2019
I've heard of being 'rubbed UP the wrong way', but never heard it without the 'up'.
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Level 65
May 28, 2019
I thought it was stroke, though I knew the rub version, though I couldnt get away from stroke
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Level 45
May 29, 2019
Is it a bad thing that I got all of them in less than a minute?
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Level 71
May 29, 2019
This is a very unique and fun quiz.
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Level 27
May 29, 2019
A short "Fuse". *damn*..
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Level 65
Dec 11, 2019
Bang Zoom. Straight to the Moon
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Level 67
Dec 11, 2019
Just guessed "twist" didn't actually know
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Level 83
Jul 20, 2021
TIL it's not "fit to be tried." Oops.
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Level 76
Dec 15, 2022
I grew up knowing about the idiom conniption fit.