all wound up



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all wound up

Very tense and/or nervous. Jittery. A: "Why is Don pacing?" B: "I think he's all wound up because he's next to get a?performance review."
See also: all, up, wound

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Mika (2)mee-kahJapanese
Hamo-Medieval English
BretBRETEnglish
Igraine-Arthurian Romance
Babur-Urdu
Arianrhod-Welsh, Welsh Mythology