throw a tantrum

English

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Verb

throw a tantrum (third-person singular simple present throws a tantrum, present participle throwing a tantrum, simple past threw a tantrum, past participle thrown a tantrum)

1. (idiomatic) To have a temper tantrum; to display a fit of childish anger.

Synonyms

• throw a wobbly (Britain)

Translations

To have a temper tantrum

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 發爛渣／发烂渣 (faat³ laan⁶ zaa²), 發脾氣／发脾气 (faat³ pei⁴ hei³)

• French: piquer une crise (fr)
• German: einen kindischen Wutanfall bekommen
• Hungarian: hisztizik (hu), hisztériázik (hu), cirkuszol (hu), raplizik
• Maori: rūtā, rūtaki
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: slå seg vrang (no)

• Portuguese: fazer birra
• Russian: закати́ть исте́рику pf (zakatítʹ istériku)
• Tagalog: mag-alumihit