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in a lather

Also, in a state. Agitated and anxious, as in Don't get yourself in a lather over this, or She was in a state over the flight cancellation. The first term alludes to the frothy sweat of a horse, the second to an upset state of mind. [Early 1800s] For a synonym, see in a stew.

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But the experience left him in a lather, and feeling sorry for DMV employees manning the daily conveyor belt of human misery.

By time Villalba took the stage, the audience was in a lather.

When I reached Arnaud, 75, she’d already renewed her license, but she was still in a lather.

A couple in a convertible sipped on milkshakes while two white guys in fatigue jackets circled them in a lather, hurling racial epithets.

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