pitch a fit



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pitch a fit

To become very or unreasonably angry or upset; to have an outburst of rage, frustration, or ill temper. My mom's going to pitch a fit when she sees what happened to the car! I was so embarrassed when Danny started pitching a fit in the grocery store.
See also: fit, pitch

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Chidiegwu-Western African, Igbo
Nosizwe-Southern African, Xhosa
VishnuVISH-noo (Hinduism)Hinduism, Indian, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Marathi
TopiasTO-pee-ahsFinnish
Lorrainelə-RAYNEnglish
Petruccio-Medieval Italian