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throw a fit

idiom

variants orhave a fit

:to express extreme anger

Dad willthrow a fit if he finds out.

Don'thave a fit if it doesn't turn out as you want.

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From getting delayed due to a flat tire, to an annoying reservation mix-up at the hotel they were supposed to be staying at (the kids deserve all the credit here for notthrowing a fit), Gomez and Zahn’s script requires the trio to brave a variety of awkward situations.—

Tomris Laffly,Variety, 9 June 2025When one received a cucumber and the other a grape, the cucumber monkeythrew a fit.—

David Meade,Forbes.com, 4 June 2025Bean reported to the nurse that the 8-year-old had hit his nose either on a wall or on her arm whilethrowing a fit.—

Lina Ruiz,Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Mar. 2025Of course, public defenders and others arethrowing a fit, insisting that the changes take New York back to the dark old days in which criminal defendants had the deck stacked against them.—

New York Daily News Editorial Board,New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025Many Texans mightthrow a fitif a bean gets anywhere near their chili.—

Cnn.com Wire Service,The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024That afternoon, fickle diva Venusthrows a fiton Pluto, which is simply trying to mind its own business.—

Jennifer Culp,Them, 13 Sep. 2024Between the lines: Economist Justin Wolfers compares the gyrations of the stock market in recent days to a toddlerthrowing a fit.—

Neil Irwin,Axios, 8 Aug. 2024Deadpool isthrowing a fitafter failing to win his ex back from her new boyfriend, and Wolverine intervenes.—

Eliana Dockterman,TIME, 24 July 2024