throw a fit
idiom
variants
or have a fit
: to express extreme anger
Dad will throw a fit if he finds out.
Don't have 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 not throwing a fit), Gomez and Zahn’s script requires the trio to brave a variety of awkward situations.
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Tomris Laffly, Variety, 9 June 2025
When one received a cucumber and the other a grape, the cucumber monkey threw a fit.
—David Meade, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
Bean reported to the nurse that the 8-year-old had hit his nose either on a wall or on her arm while throwing a fit.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Mar. 2025
Of course, public defenders and others are throwing 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. 2025
Many Texans might throw a fit if a bean gets anywhere near their chili.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
That afternoon, fickle diva Venus throws a fit on Pluto, which is simply trying to mind its own business.
—Jennifer Culp, Them, 13 Sep. 2024
Between the lines: Economist Justin Wolfers compares the gyrations of the stock market in recent days to a toddler throwing a fit.
—Neil Irwin, Axios, 8 Aug. 2024
Deadpool is throwing a fit after failing to win his ex back from her new boyfriend, and Wolverine intervenes.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 24 July 2024
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Tomris Laffly, Variety, 9 June 2025
When one received a cucumber and the other a grape, the cucumber monkey threw a fit.
—David Meade, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
Bean reported to the nurse that the 8-year-old had hit his nose either on a wall or on her arm while throwing a fit.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Mar. 2025
Of course, public defenders and others are throwing 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. 2025
Many Texans might throw a fit if a bean gets anywhere near their chili.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
That afternoon, fickle diva Venus throws a fit on Pluto, which is simply trying to mind its own business.
—Jennifer Culp, Them, 13 Sep. 2024
Between the lines: Economist Justin Wolfers compares the gyrations of the stock market in recent days to a toddler throwing a fit.
—Neil Irwin, Axios, 8 Aug. 2024
Deadpool is throwing a fit after failing to win his ex back from her new boyfriend, and Wolverine intervenes.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 24 July 2024
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“Throw a fit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/throw%20a%20fit. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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