press/push the panic button

press the panic button

To overreact to a negative situation with an inordinate amount of fear, alarm, or confusion. If you're going to be a successful boss, you can't press the panic button every time your company has a minor setback. New parents tend to press the panic button over every little sniffle their first baby gets.

push the panic button

To overreact to a negative situation with an inordinate amount of fear, alarm, or confusion. If you're going to be a successful boss, you can't push the panic button every time your company has a minor setback. New parents tend to push the panic button over every little sniffle their first baby gets. You learn to chill out when you have more kids.

push the panic button

Also, press the panic button. Overreact to a situation, as in Don't worry; Jane is always pushing the panic button, but I'm sure the baby's fine. This term originated during World War II, when certain bombers had a bell-warning system so that the crew could bail out if the plane was severely hit. Occasionally a pilot would push the button in error, when there was only minor damage, causing the crew to bail out unnecessarily. By 1950 the expression had been transferred to other kinds of overreaction.

press (or push or hit) the panic button

respond to a situation by panicking or taking emergency measures. informal

A panic button is a security device which can be used to raise the alarm in an emergency.

press/push the ˈpanic button

(British English) react in a sudden or an extreme way to something unexpected that has frightened you: Although the team lost yet another match on Saturday, their manager is refusing to press the panic button.

press the panic button

verb

See hit the panic button

push the panic button

verb

See hit the panic button

词组	press/push the panic button
释义	press/push the panic button press the panic button To overreact to a negative situation with an inordinate amount of fear, alarm, or confusion. If you're going to be a successful boss, you can't press the panic button every time your company has a minor setback. New parents tend to press the panic button over every little sniffle their first baby gets. See also: button, panic, press push the panic button To overreact to a negative situation with an inordinate amount of fear, alarm, or confusion. If you're going to be a successful boss, you can't push the panic button every time your company has a minor setback. New parents tend to push the panic button over every little sniffle their first baby gets. You learn to chill out when you have more kids. See also: button, panic, push Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. push the panic button Also, press the panic button. Overreact to a situation, as in Don't worry; Jane is always pushing the panic button, but I'm sure the baby's fine. This term originated during World War II, when certain bombers had a bell-warning system so that the crew could bail out if the plane was severely hit. Occasionally a pilot would push the button in error, when there was only minor damage, causing the crew to bail out unnecessarily. By 1950 the expression had been transferred to other kinds of overreaction. See also: button, panic, push The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. press (or push or hit) the panic button respond to a situation by panicking or taking emergency measures. informal A panic button is a security device which can be used to raise the alarm in an emergency. See also: button, panic, press Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary press/push the ˈpanic button (British English) react in a sudden or an extreme way to something unexpected that has frightened you: Although the team lost yet another match on Saturday, their manager is refusing to press the panic button. See also: button, panic, press, push Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary press the panic button verb See hit the panic button See also: button, panic, press push the panic button verb See hit the panic button See also: button, panic, push McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: press the panic button hit the panic button push the panic button push the panic button, to fall all over fall all over (one) make a fuss of/over somebody/something make a fuss over (someone or something) make a fuss of (someone or something) fuss over (someone or something)
随便看	give a pain give a piece of mind give (a) preference to (someone or something) give a rah-rah speech give a rat's arse give a red face give a ring give as good as one gets give as good as you get give a shit give a shit about (someone or something) give a shit about someone/something give a shite give a sneck posset give a try give away giveaway give away the shop give away the store give a wide berth give a wide berth to (someone or something) give a wide berth to, to give back give bad marks to give bad marks to (someone or something)