nervous wreck



nervous wreck

An individual suffering from extreme agitation or worry, as in Pat was a nervous wreck until her mother arrived at the wedding. This expression is nearly always used hyperbolically. [Colloquial; c. 1900] Also see basket case.
See also: nervous, wreck

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Yaffa-Hebrew
NoÉno-E (French, Spanish)French, Spanish, Portuguese
SilviaSEEL-vyah (Italian), SEEL-byah (Spanish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, English, German, Late Roman, Roman Mythology
Gabriels-Latvian
Ivan['aivən]
Gazbiyya-Arabic