give (someone) fits



give (someone) fits

To cause someone to become upset, angry, or extremely annoyed. It gives me fits when I see cyclists weaving in and out of traffic like that!
See also: fit, give

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Anant-Indian, Hindi, Marathi
JulijaYOO-lee-yah (Slovene)Slovene, Croatian, Lithuanian
Raya-Bulgarian
IngridING-rid (Swedish), ING-ree (Norwegian), ING-grit (German)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German
Zelde-Yiddish
Alya-Arabic, Indonesian, Malay