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]

---

Example Sentences

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 • Aug. 22, 2021

“You don’t get in a snit and stay on your plane and go home,” she said.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2016

Suspending one of the nation’s most prominent and outspoken death penalty lawyers in a snit is just silly.

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2015

The only Band musician interviewed is Mickey Jones, who filled in for Helm when he left the group in a snit.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2012

She looked across the aisle toward him and saw the sharp edge of his profile: he’s in a snit, she thought.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee