in a tizzy

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*in a tizzy

Fig. in an excited and confused condition. (*Typically: be ~; get [into] ~.) John is in a tizzy because we're an hour late. Mary was in a tizzy when she couldn't find her keys.

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An insider said: "They were in a tizzy getting plans rearranged. 3am: Museical chairs. by The Mirror (London, England) 15pm The experts get in a tizzy over items including a phonograph once owned by Scottish entertainer Harry Lauder. Sunday: PICK OF THE DAY by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) Lily Allen had the literary world in a tizzy last year when she was chosen to serve on the jury of the Orange Prize for Fiction. Snoots Get Their Way: Lily Allen Leaves Orange Prize Jury by Gillian Reagan / The New York Observer			in a lather in a little bit in a mad rush in a manner of speaking in a month of Sundays in a New York minute in a nut shell in a nutshell in a pickle in a pig's eye In a pig's eye! in a pinch in a pique in a quandary in a row in a rut in a second in a sense in a snit in a spot in a stage whisper in a stew in a stupor in a sweat in a tight spot in a tizzy in a twit in a twitter in a vacuum in a vicious circle in a way in a word in a world of own in abeyance in absentia in accord in accordance with in action in addition in advance in agreement in all but name in all likelihood in all modesty in all my born days in all probability in an age of years in an interesting condition in an ivory tower in and of itself in any case			in a pique in a quandary in a quandary in a row in a row in a row in a rut in a second in a sense in a sense in a sense in a sense in a sense In a Silent Way In A Similar Manner in a similar way In A single Round in a snit in a split second in a spot in a stage whisper in a state of action in a state of flux In a state of nature in a state of uncertainty in a stew In a stound in a stupor in a sweat in a tight spot in a tizzy in a tough spot in a twinkling in a twinkling in a twit in a twitter in a twitter in a twitter in a vacuum in a vicious circle in a way in a way in a way in a way in a way In A While Crocodile in a wink in a wink in a wink in a word in a word in a word in a word in a word in a world of own in abeyance in abeyance in absentia in absentia in absentia in absentia

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