in a flutter

in a flutter

In a nervous, confused, or agitated state. We were all in a flutter waiting to meet the President at our school rally. The economy is still in a flutter after news that the country's largest corporation has filed for bankruptcy. The interviewer kept asking these really vague questions and got me in a flutter.
See also: flutter
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • in a dither
  • in a dither, all
  • all of a dither
  • dither
  • be in a tizzle
  • tizzle
  • tizzle a wild card word for words beginning with
  • flutter over
  • flutter over (someone or something)
  • tizz