in a flap

in a flap

In a panic or frenzy. Mom, I'll help you with getting dinner ready for the party, OK? So don't get in a flap about it—everything will be fine.
See also: flap
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • get in(to) a flap
  • be in a flap
  • be in/get into a flap
  • What number are you calling from?
  • it's someone's funeral
  • be (someone's) funeral
  • funeral
  • climb the wall
  • climb the walls
  • climbing the walls
References in periodicals archive
CUNNING burglars have left householders all in a flap after using their tiny cat doorways to break into their homes.