bundle of nerves
Noun
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Noun
bundle of nerves
- (idiomatic) A person with an especially nervous, excitable, or fearful disposition.
- 1972, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910291,00.html Sudsy Whiff of Humanity]," Time, 27 Mar.:
- She is a jittery bundle of nerves rather than the tough stoic she ought to be.
- 1972, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910291,00.html Sudsy Whiff of Humanity]," Time, 27 Mar.:
- (idiomatic, dated) A lively, continually active person.
- 1883, "Talk Across the Table ↗," New York Times, 5 Nov., p. 4 (retrieved 15 Apr. 2009):
- "Come and take lunch with me." The speaker was a walking, talking bundle of nerves, clothed in black broadcloth. A flawless diamond sparkled on the scarlet scarf that peeped above his close-fitting Prince Albert coat, and a pair of roguish eyes danced above two rosy cheeks.
- 1883, "Talk Across the Table ↗," New York Times, 5 Nov., p. 4 (retrieved 15 Apr. 2009):
- (nervous, excitable, fearful person) bag of nerves, worrywart; see also Thesaurus:worrier or Thesaurus:coward
- (lively, continually active person) bundle of energy; See also Thesaurus:doer
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