get one's bowels in an uproar
A colorful, slightly crude idiom meaning to get yourself worked up, stressed out, or upset over something.
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A colorful, slightly crude idiom meaning to get yourself worked up, stressed out, or upset over something. When someone tells you not to get your bowels in an uproar, they're essentially saying: calm down, relax, it's not worth the stress. The visceral, body-based imagery makes the phrase memorable and funny — it suggests your anxiety is so intense it's literally messing with your gut. Common in informal American English and used both sincerely and humorously.
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(idiom, slang, ) to become upset.
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