throw a fit

phrase

variants or have a fit

: to express extreme anger

Dad will throw a fit if he finds out.

Don't have a fit if it doesn't turn out as you want.

Examples of throw a fit in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

My husband throws a fit over every minor inconvenience, from the trash can being knocked over to the screen door being in his way. — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 8 July 2026

The primary source of support when her 2-year-old throws a fit. — John Hult, States Newsroom, 25 Mar. 2026

When police read the nurse’s log, Bean had said that the boy threw a fit and hit his nose on either a wall or her arm. — Samara Gerstle, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2025

When one received a cucumber and the other a grape, the cucumber monkey threw a fit. — David Meade, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025

Of course, public defenders and others are throwing a fit, insisting that the changes take New York back to the dark old days in which criminal defendants had the deck stacked against them. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025

Many Texans might throw a fit if a bean gets anywhere near their chili. — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024

Rhymes for throw a fit

• candlelit
• counterfeit
• hypocrite
• resubmit
• retrofit
• acquit
• admit
• armpit
• backlit
• befit
• cockpit
• commit