in a snit

Idioms  

1. In a state of agitation or irritation, as in He is in a snit over the guest list. It is also put as, as in She tends to get in a snit every time things don't go her way. The origin of this expression is uncertain. [Colloquial; first half of 1900s]

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Example Sentences

When De Niro complained that the first was too “light,” Kander and Ebb, in a snit, tossed off the famous one in 45 minutes.

From New York Times

I woke up in a snit — Couldn’t you at least have warned me? — and spent the morning angry at my wife.

From Washington Post

Twenty years ago this spring, President George W. Bush’s White House was in a snit over the refusal by Sen. Jim Jeffords, a soft-spoken moderate Republican from Vermont, to support Bush’s tax cuts.

From Washington Post

But Hawley is in a snit because Simon & Schuster backed out of a contract to publish his book, and the Loews hotel chain declined to host one of his fundraisers after he encouraged protesters who rioted in the U.S.

From Seattle Times

I don’t understand your SIL’s whole deal, actually, because she did know you were still speaking to Jane after she and your brother kicked her out—she called you in a snit because you’d kindly reached out to Jane.

From Slate