frog in a sock

plural frogs in a sock

1. Something that is frantic.

   They're still as cross as a frog in a sock about it.

   2010, John Shors, The Wishing Trees, →ISBN

   3 more examples

   The conflict between desire and programming may explain the common myth (or as we Micks like to think, well-known fact) that Catholics go off like frogs in a sock in the sack.

   2009, Catherine Deveny, Free to a Good Home, →ISBN, page 106

   I guarantee that if you make something really cool, her knickers'll be off quicker than a frog in a sock.

   2014, Martin Gooch, I Made a Feature Film by Mistake, →ISBN, page 10

   Even though he was pissing her off mightily, his broad shoulders, tanned biceps and lock of black hair falling onto his forehead made her pulse jump like a frog in a sock.

   2015, Joan Kilby, The Secret Son, →ISBN