have the wind up

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To be very anxious, upset, or frightened. They had the wind up after we threatened them with legal action.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mehmud	-	Urdu
Olympia	-	Greek, Slovak
AilÍS	AY-leesh	Irish
Makar	-	Russian
Marcela	mahr-THE-lah (Spanish), mahr-SE-lah (Latin American Spanish), mahr-TSE-lah (Polish), mahr-CHE-lah (Romanian), MAHR-tse-lah (Czech)	Spanish, Polish, Romanian, Czech
Verethragna	-	Persian Mythology