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Isto Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
what is the meaning?
Is it the phrase "fit over the fact" some sort of idiom? and if yes what is the meaning?
Here is the context:
He got a phone call last night at home around ten o'clock from good old Bucky Burnside, president of one of UniCo's biggest customers. Seems that Bucky was having a fit over the fact that this order of his (41427) is seven weeks late. He proceeded to rake Peach over the coals for about an hour.
Here is the context:
He got a phone call last night at home around ten o'clock from good old Bucky Burnside, president of one of UniCo's biggest customers. Seems that Bucky was having a fit over the fact that this order of his (41427) is seven weeks late. He proceeded to rake Peach over the coals for about an hour.
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"Over" means something like "about" there. The expression is "to have a fit", meaning to get very upset. Bucky got very upset about the lateness of the order—he had a fit about the lateness of the order.
- "Over" means something like "about" there.
- The expression is "to have a fit", meaning to get very upset.
- Bucky got very upset about the lateness of the order—he had a fit about the lateness of the order.
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"Over" means something like "about" there. The expression is "to have a fit", meaning to get very upset. Bucky got very upset about the lateness of the order—he had a fit about the lateness of the order.
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