| 单词 | a bundle of nerves |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(to be) a bundle of nerves c. Colloquial phrase (to be) a bundle of nerves: (see quot. 1940). (Cf. quot. 1802 at sense 2b). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > be nervous or uneasy [verb (intransitive)] > show signs of nervousness > (be) in an extremely nervous condition (to be) a bundle of nerves1940 1940 E. Partridge Dict. Clichés 35 Bundle of nerves, to be a, to be in an extremely nervous condition; to start at every noise, show irritation at every mishap or hindrance and fear at every alarm. 1946 F. Sargeson That Summer 110 I was just a bundle of nerves. 1965 J. Fleming Nothing is Number ii. viii. 116 I am haunted, shadowed. ‘A bundle of nerves’ is the English idiom, is it not? < as lemmas |
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