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Madhulk Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Tightie-whities in a bunch...

Clark: Oliver!

Oliver: Look, Clark, whatever's got
your tightie-whities in a bunch, Make him feel bad?
now's not the time.
  

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Feel upset, more likely. For many years we've had the expression "don't get your pants in a bunch", meaning "don't get upset". Now, recently, the term tightie-whities (underwear) has become popular, including its addition to the "bunch" phrase.

— Philip

  • Feel upset, more likely.
  • For many years we've had the expression "don't get your pants in a bunch", meaning "don't get upset".
  • Now, recently, the term tightie-whities (underwear) has become popular, including its addition to the "bunch" phrase.
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Feel upset, more likely.

For many years we've had the expression "don't get your pants in a bunch", meaning "don't get upset". Now, recently, the term tightie-whities (underwear) has become popular, including its addition to the "bunch" phrase.
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Dear Madhulk

The director and writer, Guy Ritchie, in a London-based film, uses..

- Don't get your Alans in a twist

Here, "Alan" is an old TV presenter, name of Alan Whicker. The phrase is offered as cockney rhyming slang: Alan Whicker's - knickers

As Philip says, it means "There's no need to get upset.."

Don't know how much this helps, but it's intere
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