Wobbly

chuck a wobbly

To suddenly become very upset or intensely angry and make a big display of it. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. John chucked a wobbly at work after the boss criticized his report. Needless to say, he won't be welcome back in the office on Monday.
See also: chuck, wobbly

throw a wobbler

To suddenly become very upset or intensely angry and make a big display of it. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. John threw a wobbler at work after the boss criticized his report. Needless to say, he won't be coming back in on Monday.
See also: throw, wobbler

throw a wobbly

To suddenly become very upset or intensely angry and make a big display of it. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. John threw a wobbly at work after the boss criticized his report. Needless to say, he won't be welcome back in the office on Monday.
See also: throw, wobbly
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

throw a wobbly

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throw a wobbler

BRITISH, INFORMAL
If someone throws a wobbly or throws a wobbler, they lose their temper and get very angry, usually about something unimportant. I can't even mention the problem to Peter because I know he'll just throw a wobbly. I'm sure a lot of other girls of her age would have thrown a wobbler about it and made a big fuss, but not Catherine.
See also: throw, wobbly
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

throw a wobbly

have a fit of temper or panic. British informal
2000 Sunday Business Post The scene in which Dustin Hoffman's autistic character throws a wobbly in the airport had never quite left me.
See also: throw, wobbly
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • chuck a wobbly
  • throw a wobbly
  • fierce
  • garter
  • burst forth
  • chuck (someone) out of (some place)
  • chuck out of some place
  • chuck up
  • fix somebody with a look, stare, gaze, etc.
  • (one's) heart out
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About 90% of NPH patients are wobbly. These patients have a hard time initiating gait, and often fall down, he said.
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Finally, in 23000 C.E., the Earth's wobbly path will return to Thuban, the Dragon star.
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A slight sideways motion with each kick helps the lizard keep its balance on the wobbly water surface.
Gotta run
Going libertarian and wobbly on Martha Stewart is something I would not have anticipated in THE NEW AMERICAN.
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Sometimes she experienced a wobbly, unsteady feeling while walking and at other times she experienced a significant loss of balance.
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This gripping ride on a wobbly two-wheel bicycle is well worth the trip.
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In today's wobbly economy, manufacturers simply cannot tolerate such duplication.
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He claims a right of just regular folks like LeRoy Mosley to decide the priorities and conditions for our collective human life on this nicked and wobbly big, blue marble: "After all, Bush is our proxy, not our dictator."
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Tetley adds: "Apart from the groan which went up among us plodders when word filtered back that Paula Radcliffe had covered the course in little more than two hours - and the fact that we seemed to be running in a wildlife park, surrounded by rhinos, rabbits, bears, emus and ostriches - my one abiding memory of the race will be of wobbly bottoms.
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