have a fit

Idioms  

1. Also,;; have kittens. Become extremely upset. For example, She'll have a fit when she sees Anne wearing the same dress, or Mom had a conniption fit when she heard about the broken mirror, or Don't take a fit—the car's not really damaged, or Jill was having kittens over the spoiled cake. One can also, as in His dithering about punctuation is enough to give me fits. Fit and fits, along with conniption fit, have been used in hyperbolic expressions to denote a bout of hysterics since the 1830s; throw a fit was first recorded in 1906, and have a fit in 1924; have kittens, alluding to being so upset as to bear kittens, also dates from about 1900.

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Example Sentences

But, in the long-term, having a fit and firing Salah can only be a positive for his side.

From BBC

"My objective is to have a fit squad going into the big games, the play-off games, and, in that respect, we were able to do that by utilising the squad and the youngsters."

From BBC

King Charles has a fit and active lifestyle in general, with few reported medical problems.

From BBC

Describing the same incident, another witness, Michelle Kowalski, told the inquest she went outside after hearing her neighbours' voices and saw "a man in the road, he looked like he was having a fit".

From BBC

“I witnessed grown men have a fit like a 6-year-old because a staff member wouldn’t let them use their cellphone.”

From Washington Post

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