have kittens

have kittens
verb
get very angry and fly into a rage
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The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question

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Spam makes me go ballistic

• Syn:
• Derivationally related forms: ↑blowup (for: ↑blow up)
• Hypernyms: ↑rage
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s PP

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phrasal
: to be in an agitated mood : become perturbed or upset

company's coming and Ma's been having kittens

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have kittens
To be in a state of great excitement, anxiety or anger
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Main Entry: ↑kitten

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have kittens british informal phrase
to be very nervous, worried, or upset

I’d better give Mum a ring – she’ll be having kittens.

Thesaurus: to worry or feel nervous about somethingsynonym
Main entry: kitten

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informal be extremely nervous or upset

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have kittens
Brit informal : to become very nervous or upset about something

They had kittens when they saw the mess we made.

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Main Entry: ↑kitten

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have ˈkittens f2 idiom
(BrE, informal) to be very anxious, angry or upset about sth
Main entry: ↑kittenidiom

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  • have kittens — {v. phr.}, {slang} To become very much worried or upset. * /Mrs. Jones was having kittens because if was very late and Susan wasn t home yet./ Compare: HAVE A FIT …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • have kittens — {v. phr.}, {slang} To become very much worried or upset. * /Mrs. Jones was having kittens because if was very late and Susan wasn t home yet./ Compare: HAVE A FIT …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • have kittens — ► have kittens Brit. informal be extremely nervous or upset. Main Entry: ↑kitten …   English terms dictionary

  • have kittens Brit. — have kittens Brit. informal be extremely nervous or upset. → kitten …   English new terms dictionary

  • have kittens — 1. tv. to become enraged. □ When I heard the news, I had kittens. I was hacked! □ I almost had kittens, I was so mad. 2. tv. to laugh very hard; to enjoy something enormously. □ It was so funny, I had kittens laughing …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • have\ kittens — v. phr. slang To become very much worried or upset. Mrs. Jones was having kittens because if was very late and Susan wasn t home yet. Compare: have a fit …   Словарь американских идиом

  • have kittens — informal to become very worried or upset about something. She nearly had kittens when I said I was going to buy a motorbike …   New idioms dictionary

  • have kittens — Verb. To worry to excess. E.g. No wonder she was having kittens, preparing a buffet singled handed for 150 guests …   English slang and colloquialisms

  • have kittens — British informal to be very nervous, worried, or upset I d better give Mum a ring – she ll be having kittens …   English dictionary

  • have kittens — verb To become extremely upset …   Wiktionary

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