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bent out of shape
Shocked, astonished, as in That conservative audience was bent out of shape by his speech . [ Slang ; second half of 1900s] Also see in good condition (shape) .
Infuriated, annoyed, as in Don't let Paul get you bent out of shape—calm down .
Example Sentences
A metal public phone box is bent out of shape, its sign dangling as it probably has for years.
Trump is already bent out of shape because Harris is drawing such enormous crowds.
When the picture returns a blade of the drone's propeller at the back of the aircraft can be seen bent out of shape.
“He gets all bent out of shape. We’ve got to get him to understand to just calm down a little bit.”
“The economic and security structures developed after the Second World War and then the Cold War have been bent out of shape so far that they have enabled rather than contained aggression.”
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