panic stations

(British & Australian informal)

a time when you feel extremely anxious and you must act quickly because something needs to be done urgently No matter how organized you think you are, one hour before the show starts it's panic stations.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Judy	JOO-dee	English
Marcelino	mahr-the-LEE-no (Spanish), mahr-se-LEE-no (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Rowena	[rəu'i:nə]
Milka (1)	-	Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Bulgarian
Akulina	-	Russian
Bev	-	English