have kittens

English

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Verb

have kittens

1. (slang) To become extremely upset.

   Your mum will have kittens when she sees what you've done to your hair!

   My teacher has kittens every time I get a question wrong.

   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VII:

     He re-gurgled. “But this is terrible.” “Might be considerably better, I agree.” “Your uncle will be most upset.” “He'll have kittens.”

1. (Literal): Of a female cat, to give birth to kittens

Translations

to become extremely upset

• Dutch: een toeval krijgen
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• Icelandic: brjálast, trompast, verða brjálaður

See also

• have a cow