in a flap

in a flap

1. (chiefly UK, informal) Worked up.

   to be in a flap, to get in a flap

• “in a flap”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “be get in a flap”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “a flap” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.