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

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

Well, this is where—this is why I’m in a snit about all of this, which is that I don’t have any particular problem with bugging Angela Merkel or even bugging the Vatican.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2013

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

My brothers were in a snit, but I didn’t care.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly