in a stew

Idioms  

1. Agitated, alarmed, or anxious. For example, Mary was in a stew about how her cake was going to turn out. It is also put as, as in Every Saturday the minister got in a stew about Sunday's sermon. This expression transfers the mixture of meat and vegetables constituting a stew to overheated mixed emotions. [c. 1800]

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Example Sentences

And as much as I loved holding a cottontail in my arms and rubbing its soft fur with my cheek, I loved it even more in a stew with a few carrots.

From Literature

Some preferred to include it in a stew, while others salivated over the golden-brown fried option.

From BBC

Problem two: it's not just the opponents you could predict who are in a stew.

From BBC

"I use it in most of our menus. It's terrific in a stew or spaghetti Bolognese, its umami flavour will honestly lift almost any dish."

From BBC

I genuinely might have been fooled that it was an actual chunk of roast if it were in a stew or already shredded on a plate.

From The Verge

Related Words

• agitated
• angry
• delirious
• distraught
• frenetic
• frenzied
• furious
• hectic
• mad
• overwrought
• weird