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.
Don't get your bowels in an uproar over the flight delay — we've got plenty of time.
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(idiom, slang, ) to become upset.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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