hot and bothered

Idioms and Phrases

In a state of agitated excitement, flustered, as in She was all hot and bothered before her big opening . [c. 1920]

Example Sentences

That just seemed to make him more hot and bothered.

From Literature

A couple of defeats in Euro 2024 warm-up games has got plenty of fans all hot and bothered over Scotland's prospects at Euro 2024.

From BBC

Back in the 1850s the new study of thermodynamics—how, in part, temperature affects the way objects behave—had physicists hot and bothered.

From Scientific American

On the one hand, it's easy to imagine dogs getting just as hot and bothered as people do - lashing out in the only way they know how.

From BBC

“I was getting hot and bothered and I just couldn’t really cope with it at all,” he said.

From BBC