Meanings
nouncanary fit (plural canary fits)
plural canary fits
- datedidiomaticA highly emotional state of distress, anger, etc.
The thousand odd officers and men on parade nearly threw a canary fit.
1932, William Guy Carr, Hell's Angels of the Deep, page 1361 more example
When put out, she would declare that she'd been thrown 'into a canary fit'.
1970, Gervas Huxley, Both Hands, page 25
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