Get bent out of shape American verb phrase informal
If you get bent out of shape, you become very angry or upset.
Go apologize to your mom before she gets bent out of shape.
He is just kidding. There is nothing to get bent out of shape about.
Try not to get bent out of shape over things you can not control.
To complain that something is unfair or illegal.
To feel devastated because of a minor problem or accident
To intentionally and spitefully insult or show disrespect for someone
Suddenly become crazy or very angry or lose control
The verb "get" should be conjugated according to its tense.
By the mid-1950s, the idiom was being used in its current form.
1. The phrase is used to talk about the earth that is broken up and flattened by a harrow.
2. If somebody is under the harrow, he or she is forced to experience distress, or torment.
1. About 1000 hectares of farmland have been under the harrow for 2 hours.
2. Many families are under the harrow because of the economic recession.