be in a flutter

be in a flutter

To be in a nervous, confused, or agitated state. We were all in a flutter waiting to meet the President at our school rally. The economy is still in a flutter after news that the country's largest corporation has filed for bankruptcy. Ugh, I sound like an idiot! I was in a flutter because the interviewer kept asking these really vague questions.
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