in a dither

In a nervous, confused, or agitated state. We were in a dither waiting to meet the president at our school rally. News that the country's largest corporation has filed for bankruptcy has left the market in a dither. The interviewer kept asking these really vague questions and got me in a dither.

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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

in a dither

confused; nervous; bothered. Mary is sort of in a dither lately. Don't get yourself in a dither.

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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

in a dither

Also, all of a dither; in a flutter or tizzy . In a state of tremulous agitation, as in Planning the wedding put her in a dither, or He tried to pull himself together, but he was all of a dither, or She showed up in such a flutter that our meeting was useless. The noun dither dates from the early 1800s and goes back to the Middle English verb didderen, "to tremble"; in a flutter dates from the mid-1700s; in a tizzy dates from about 1930 and is of uncertain origin.

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

in a dither

mod. confused; undecided. Don’t get yourself in a dither.

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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

in a dither, all

In a jittery, agitated state. This expression dates from the early 1800s, when it also was put as of a dither. The noun dither comes from the Middle English verb didderen, meaning “to tremble.” A newer synonym is in a tizzy, dating from the first half of the 1900s. Its origin is not known.

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释义	in a dither in a dither In a nervous, confused, or agitated state. We were in a dither waiting to meet the president at our school rally. News that the country's largest corporation has filed for bankruptcy has left the market in a dither. The interviewer kept asking these really vague questions and got me in a dither. See also: dither Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. in a dither confused; nervous; bothered. Mary is sort of in a dither lately. Don't get yourself in a dither. See also: dither McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. in a dither Also, all of a dither; in a flutter or tizzy . In a state of tremulous agitation, as in Planning the wedding put her in a dither, or He tried to pull himself together, but he was all of a dither, or She showed up in such a flutter that our meeting was useless. The noun dither dates from the early 1800s and goes back to the Middle English verb didderen, "to tremble"; in a flutter dates from the mid-1700s; in a tizzy dates from about 1930 and is of uncertain origin. See also: dither The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. in a dither mod. confused; undecided. Don’t get yourself in a dither. See also: dither McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions in a dither, all In a jittery, agitated state. This expression dates from the early 1800s, when it also was put as of a dither. The noun dither comes from the Middle English verb didderen, meaning “to tremble.” A newer synonym is in a tizzy, dating from the first half of the 1900s. Its origin is not known. See also: all The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: in a dither, all all of a dither dither in a flutter be in a tizzle tizzle tizzle a wild card word for words beginning with tizzy be/get in/into a tizzy/tizz tizz
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