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Rachel Chau
2021-08-08 12:08
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.
Do you see anything wrong?
A humorous way of saying that what one has said is just what they acknowledge and may not be entirely accurate
Mike: Have you returned from your vacation on the beach? Your skin seems to get tanned.
Jenny: My skin is always dark. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
