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 • Apr. 4, 2023

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

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

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2015

But even by the end of the premiere, Will - however gruff and in a snit over MacKenzie's return - has taken baby steps toward the light.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 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