gets one's knickers in a twist

Verb

get one's knickers in a twist (third-person singular simple present gets one's knickers in a twist, present participle getting one's knickers in a twist, simple past and past participle got one's knickers in a twist)

1. (Ireland, UK, humorous, idiomatic, informal) To become overwrought or unnecessarily upset over a trivial matter.
   • Swiss bank gets knickers in a twist over dress code guidelines [title]2011 January 17, “Swiss bank gets knickers in a twist over dress code guidelines”, in The Guardian, sourced from Associated Press, →ISSN

   Synonyms:

   get one's knickers in a knot, get one's panties in a bunch, get one's panties in a wad, get one's panties in a pretzel, get one's shorts in a knot, get one's undies in a bundle