dummy spit

Related to dummy spit: spat the dummy

dummy spit

A childish, angry overreaction to a negative situation or outcome; a display of bad temper, likened to a temper tantrum of a child. "Dummy" here refers to the British term for the device used to soothe babies (called a pacifier in the US or a soother elsewhere), which they may spit out when in the middle of a tantrum. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. John had a dummy spit when I told him I'd sold his old comic book collection.

词组	dummy spit
释义	dummy spit Related to dummy spit: spat the dummy dummy spit A childish, angry overreaction to a negative situation or outcome; a display of bad temper, likened to a temper tantrum of a child. "Dummy" here refers to the British term for the device used to soothe babies (called a pacifier in the US or a soother elsewhere), which they may spit out when in the middle of a tantrum. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. John had a dummy spit when I told him I'd sold his old comic book collection. See also: dummy, spit Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: spat spit (out) the dummy spit the dummy fly into a temper tantrum temper tantrum throw a (temper) tantrum have a low boiling point reach (a) boiling point reach boiling point
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