[hot and bothered] {adj.}, {informal} Excited and worried, displeased, or puzzled. — A hackneyed phrase.
Fritz got all hot andbothered when he failed in the test.
Leona was all hot andbothered when her escort was late in coming for her.
Jerry was hotand bothered about his invention when he couldn’t get it to work.
It is a small matter; don’t get so hot and bothered.
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Значение идиомы hot and bothered