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bundle of nerves
noun
- someone who is overcome with worry, fear, or anxiety:
He’s an incredible singer but a complete bundle of nerves before a performance.
Word History and Origins
Origin of bundle of nerves1
Idioms and Phrases
Extremely jittery, tense, or fearful person, as in For months after the accident, Aunt Jane was a bundle of nerves . [1930s]Example Sentences
"I have just been a bundle of nerves for days, it is just complete relief."
The major concern was how much damage had been done to his spinal cord, which is a bundle of nerves that transmits information between the brain and the body.
The Spinal Cord The spinal cord is a bundle of nerves that connects the brain to the rest of the body, allowing messages to be sent back and forth.
If you are attacked, the most sensitive part of a shark is its nose, which is a bundle of nerves, and its eyes.
What do you say when your best friend has lost his mojo because you tried to reduce him to a paranoid bundle of nerves terrified of going into anaphylactic shock?
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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