bundle of nerves

Definitions

1. A person with an especially nervous, excitable, or fearful disposition.
   idiomatic
2. A lively, continually active person.
   dated, idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“Being in point⟳ of fact a complete⟳ bundle of nerves and nothing else, his thin figure⟳ shook like⟳ a harp-string in painful excitement at a contretemps which would scarcely have⟳ quickened the pulse of an ordinary man.”

“She is a jittery bundle of nerves rather than the tough stoic she ought to be.”

“"Come⟳ and take⟳ lunch with me." The speaker was a walking, talking bundle of nerves, clothed in black broadcloth. A flawless diamond sparkled on the scarlet scarf that peeped above his close-fitting Prince Albert coat, and a pair of roguish eyes danced above two rosy cheeks.”

“He found Pesita pacing back and forth before his tent—an energetic bundle of nerves which no amount of hard riding and fighting could tire⟳ or discourage.”

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