To make great objections or a big fuss about something: “When we asked him to do that, he ________.”
BLEW HIS TOP | 246 |
HIT THE CEILING | 124 |
HAD A FIT | 70 |
BLEW UP | 55 |
THREW A FIT | 38 |
BLEW HIS STACK | 35 |
RAISED THE ROOF | 35 |
RAISED CAIN | 31 |
REFUSED | 28 |
BLOWED HIS TOP | 26 |
EXPLODED | 23 |
NR | 22 |
BALKED | 17 |
MADE A BIG TO-DO | 15 |
RAISED A RUCKUS | 15 |
FLIPPED HIS LID | 13 |
HAD KITTENS | 13 |
OBJECTED | 12 |
RAISED HELL | 12 |
FLEW OFF THE HANDLE | 11 |
HAD CONNIPTION FITS | 11 |
COMPLAINED | 10 |
HAD CAT FITS | 8 |
MADE A BIG FUSS | 8 |
MADE A FUSS | 8 |
RAISED AN AWFUL STINK | 8 |
RAVED AND RANTED | 8 |
BELLYACHED | 7 |
FLIPPED | 7 |
RAISED A STINK | 7 |
REBELLED | 7 |
WENT INTO A TANTRUM | 7 |
BLEW A FUSE | 6 |
BLOWED UP | 6 |
MADE A GREAT TO-DO | 6 |
KICKED UP A FUSS | 5 |
MADE A BIG HULLABALOO | 5 |
RAISED A RUMPUS | 5 |
RAVED | 5 |
RENEGED | 5 |
CARRIED ON | 4 |
FLATLY REFUSED | 4 |
HAD A TANTRUM | 4 |
HAD CONNIPTIONS | 4 |
MADE A BIG STINK | 4 |
PROTESTED | 4 |
RAISED A FUSS | 4 |
RAISED A ROW | 4 |
RAISED SAND | 4 |
STORMED | 4 |
WENT ALL TO PIECES | 4 |
WENT UP IN THE AIR | 4 |
FUSSED AND FUMED | 3 |
HAD A CONNIPTION | 3 |
MADE A FUSS ABOUT IT | 3 |
MADE A LOT OF NOISE | 3 |
MADE A TO-DO | 3 |
OBJECTED STRENUOUSLY | 3 |
PITCHED A FIT | 3 |
PUT UP A FUSS | 3 |
PUT UP A HOWL | 3 |
RAISED A BIG STINK | 3 |
RAISED AN AWFUL HOWL | 3 |
RAISED AN AWFUL RUCKUS | 3 |
RANTED AND RAVED | 3 |
SQUAWKED | 3 |
THROWED A FIT | 3 |
YELLED HIS HEAD OFF | 3 |
BITCHED | 2 |
BLEW HIS COOL | 2 |
BLEW OFF | 2 |
BLEW UP A STORM | 2 |
CRIED | 2 |
CUT A RUSTY | 2 |
FLARED UP | 2 |
FLEW UP | 2 |
GOT EXCITED | 2 |
GOT IN AN UPROAR | 2 |
GOT MAD | 2 |
GRIPED | 2 |
HAD A CONNIPTION FIT | 2 |
HAD A HISSY | 2 |
HOLLERED | 2 |
HOOPED AND HOLLERED | 2 |
KICKED | 2 |
KICKED LIKE A STEER | 2 |
KICKED OVER THE TRACES | 2 |
KICKED UP A STORM | 2 |
MADE A BIG COMMOTION | 2 |
MADE A BIG TO-DO ABOUT IT | 2 |
MADE MUCH ADO | 2 |
PISSED AND MOANED | 2 |
PUT UP A STINK | 2 |
RAISED A HULLABALOO | 2 |
RAISED A RACKET | 2 |
RAISED AN AWFUL FUSS | 2 |
RAISED NED | 2 |
RAISED THE DEVIL | 2 |
RAISED THE DICKENS | 2 |
THREW A TANTRUM | 2 |
THREW UP HIS HANDS | 2 |
THROWED A DUCK-FIT | 2 |
TURNED ME DOWN FLAT | 2 |
WENT INTO A RAGE | 2 |
WENT OFF THE HANDLE | 2 |
WENT OVERBOARD | 2 |
WENT STRAIGHT IN THE AIR | 2 |
WENT TO PIECES | 2 |
YELLED | 2 |
ABSOLUTELY REFUSED | 1 |
ALIBIED | 1 |
ARGUED | 1 |
BACKED DOWNHILL | 1 |
BACKED OUT | 1 |
BACKED UP | 1 |
BECAME VERY INDIGNANT | 1 |
BEEFED | 1 |
BEEFED ABOUT IT | 1 |
BLEW | 1 |
BLEW A CORK | 1 |
BLEW A GASKET | 1 |
BLEW HIS CORK | 1 |
BLEW HIS HORN | 1 |
BLEW HIS LID | 1 |
BLEW HIS MIND | 1 |
BLEW THE CORK | 1 |
BLOW UP | 1 |
BLOWED A FUSE | 1 |
BLOWED HIS STACK | 1 |
BLUSTERED | 1 |
BOILED OVER | 1 |
BROUGHT ON A BIG UPROAR | 1 |
BUCKED | 1 |
BUCKED LIKE A BAY STEER | 1 |
CAME UNWOUND | 1 |
CAME UP WITH A THOUSAND PIECES | 1 |
CARRIED ON AT A GREAT RATE | 1 |
CAUSED A COMMOTION | 1 |
CHEWED THE RAG | 1 |
COOKED UP A STORM | 1 |
CREATED A HUBBUB | 1 |
CREATED A LOT OF STATIC | 1 |
CUT A SHINE | 1 |
CUT UP JACK | 1 |
DELIRIOUS | 1 |
DID A SONG AND DANCE | 1 |
DIDN’T COOPERATE | 1 |
DISAGREED VEHEMENTLY | 1 |
DUG HIS HEELS IN | 1 |
FAINTED | 1 |
FELL OUT | 1 |
FLAT REFUSED | 1 |
FLEW HIGH AND MIGHTY | 1 |
FLEW OFF | 1 |
FLEW THE COOP | 1 |
FLEW TO PIECES | 1 |
FLEW UP IN THE AIR | 1 |
FLIPPED HIS TOP | 1 |
FLIPPED HIS WIG | 1 |
FLOUNCED | 1 |
FLUBDUBBED AROUND | 1 |
FOUND AN EXCUSE | 1 |
FUMED | 1 |
FUSS ABOUT IT | 1 |
FUSSED | 1 |
FUSSED ABOUT IT | 1 |
FUSSED LIKE BEES IN A TAR BARREL | 1 |
GAVE A HOWL | 1 |
GAVE US A BAD TIME | 1 |
GAVE US A HARD TIME | 1 |
GAVE US STATIC | 1 |
GIVE US ALL KINDS OF ALIBIS | 1 |
GONE TO FUSSING | 1 |
GOT ALL UPSET | 1 |
GOT ANGRY | 1 |
GOT ARROGANT | 1 |
GOT BLAZING MAD | 1 |
GOT FLUSTERED | 1 |
GOT HIMSELF WORKED UP | 1 |
GOT HUFFY ABOUT IT | 1 |
GOT OBNOXIOUS | 1 |
GOT ON HIS HIGH HORSE | 1 |
GOT ON THE TOP SHELF | 1 |
GOT ORNERY | 1 |
GOT STUBBORN | 1 |
GOT THE JITTERS | 1 |
GOT UPSET | 1 |
GOT UPTIGHT | 1 |
GRIPED ABOUT IT | 1 |
GROWLED | 1 |
GRUMBLED | 1 |
GRUMPED | 1 |
HAD A BABY | 1 |
HAD A CAT | 1 |
HAD A FLOP OF IT | 1 |
HAD A FORKED FIT | 1 |
HAD A GREAT TO-DO | 1 |
HAD A MAD FIT | 1 |
HAD A SPELL | 1 |
HAD DOG FITS | 1 |
HAD EVERY EXCUSE IMAGINABLE | 1 |
HAD FITS | 1 |
HAD HAD IT | 1 |
HELD BACK | 1 |
HEMMED AND HAWED | 1 |
HIT THE MOON | 1 |
HIT THE ROOF | 1 |
HOLLERED AND CARRIED ON | 1 |
HOLLERED LOUD AND LONG | 1 |
HOWLED ABOUT IT | 1 |
JUST BLEW UP | 1 |
JUST BLOWED HIS TOP | 1 |
JUST COULDN’T SEE THROUGH IT | 1 |
JUST FELL ALL TO PIECES | 1 |
JUST GROWLED | 1 |
JUST HAD A FIT | 1 |
JUST RARED | 1 |
JUST SHOT HIS FACE OFF | 1 |
JUST WENT UP IN THE AIR | 1 |
JUST WON’T DO IT | 1 |
KICKED ABOUT IT | 1 |
KICKED LIKE A MULE | 1 |
KICKED LIKE A MULEY STEER | 1 |
KICKED OVER IT | 1 |
KICKED THE BUCKET OVER | 1 |
KICKED UP A BIG FUSS | 1 |
KICKED UP A BIG STINK | 1 |
KICKED UP A FUSS ABOUT IT | 1 |
KICKED UP A RUMPUS | 1 |
KICKED UP A TIME | 1 |
LET OUT A HOWL | 1 |
LIKE TO CROAKED | 1 |
LOST HIS MIND | 1 |
MADE A BIG ADO ABOUT IT | 1 |
MADE A BIG CATOUSE | 1 |
MADE A BIG DEAL | 1 |
MADE A BIG DEAL OF IT | 1 |
MADE A BIG FUSS ABOUT IT | 1 |
MADE A BIG FUSS OVER IT | 1 |
MADE A BIG HELLABALOO | 1 |
MADE A BIG HOLLER | 1 |
MADE A BIG KADOO | 1 |
MADE A BIG NOISE | 1 |
MADE A BIG RUCKUS | 1 |
MADE A BIG SCENE | 1 |
MADE A BIG THING OF IT | 1 |
MADE A BIG TIME ABOUT IT | 1 |
MADE A BIG TO-DO OVER IT | 1 |
MADE A FACE | 1 |
MADE A FOOL OF HIMSELF | 1 |
MADE A GREAT ADO | 1 |
MADE A GREAT ALARM | 1 |
MADE A GREAT CATOUSE ABOUT IT | 1 |
MADE A GREAT FUSS | 1 |
MADE A GREAT PRODUCTION | 1 |
MADE A HELL OF A FUSS | 1 |
MADE A HELL OF A FUSS ABOUT IT | 1 |
MADE A HELLABALOO | 1 |
MADE A HOORAY ABOUT IT | 1 |
MADE A HULLABALOO | 1 |
MADE A HULLABALOO ABOUT IT | 1 |
MADE A JOKE OUT OF IT | 1 |
MADE A LOT OF EXCUSES | 1 |
MADE A LOT OF OBJECTIONS | 1 |
MADE A ROW | 1 |
MADE A STINK | 1 |
MADE A TO-DO ABOUT IT | 1 |
MADE A TO-DO OVER NOTHING | 1 |
MADE ALL SORTS OF EXCUSES | 1 |
MADE AN ADO ABOUT IT | 1 |
MADE AN AWFUL FUSS | 1 |
MADE AN AWFUL ROW | 1 |
MADE AN ISSUE OF IT | 1 |
MADE TOO MUCH OF IT | 1 |
MAKE A TO-DO | 1 |
MOUTHED OFF | 1 |
NEAR ABOUT HAD A FIT | 1 |
NEAR BOUT WENT CRAZY | 1 |
NEARLY BLEW HIS TOP | 1 |
NEARLY FLIPPED | 1 |
NIGGED | 1 |
OBJECTED LOUDLY | 1 |
OBJECTED VERY MUCH | 1 |
PAWED THE AIR | 1 |
PITCHED A BITCH | 1 |
PITCHED A DUCK-FIT | 1 |
PITCHED A HISSY-FIT | 1 |
POPPED HIS CORK | 1 |
POPPED OFF | 1 |
POSITIVELY REFUSED | 1 |
PUT HIS BACK UP | 1 |
PUT ON AN ACT | 1 |
PUT UP A BIG FIGHT | 1 |
PUT UP A BIG POWWOW | 1 |
PUT UP A BIG SQUAWK | 1 |
PUT UP A BIG STINK | 1 |
PUT UP A CORKER | 1 |
PUT UP A FIGHT | 1 |
PUT UP A GOOD FIGHT | 1 |
PUT UP A GREAT HOLLER | 1 |
PUT UP A HOLLER | 1 |
PUT UP A STORM | 1 |
PUT UP AN AWFUL HOWL | 1 |
QUARRELED OVER IT | 1 |
QUIT | 1 |
RAGED | 1 |
RAISED A BIG HOORAH | 1 |
RAISED A BIG HOWL | 1 |
RAISED A BIG HULLABALOO | 1 |
RAISED A BIG TO-DO | 1 |
RAISED A DISTURBANCE | 1 |
RAISED A GREAT HURRAW | 1 |
RAISED A HOWL | 1 |
RAISED A LOT OF CAIN | 1 |
RAISED A TERRIBLE UPROAR | 1 |
RAISED ALL BILLY-HELL | 1 |
RAISED ALL SORTS OF HELL | 1 |
RAISED AN AWFUL HULLABALOO | 1 |
RAISED AN OBJECTION | 1 |
RAISED HELL ABOUT IT | 1 |
RAISED MORE HELL THAN THE ALLIGATOR DID WHEN THE CREEK WENT DRY | 1 |
RAISED OBJECTIONS | 1 |
RAISED OLD NED | 1 |
RAISED QUITE A FUSS | 1 |
RAISED RUMPUS | 1 |
RAISED SAM | 1 |
RAISED STINK | 1 |
RAMPED AND RAVED | 1 |
RAN AMUCK | 1 |
RANTED | 1 |
RARED | 1 |
REALLY ACTED UP | 1 |
REALLY CARRIED ON | 1 |
REALLY GRIPED | 1 |
REALLY GROWLED | 1 |
REALLY POPPED | 1 |
REALLY PUT UP A FUSS | 1 |
REALLY RAISED A ROW | 1 |
REALLY SCREWED THE POT | 1 |
REALLY SQUAWKED | 1 |
REFUSED TO DO IT | 1 |
REFUSED VIOLENTLY | 1 |
REJECTED US | 1 |
REVOLTED | 1 |
ROARED | 1 |
SAID NO | 1 |
SAID NO AND THAT’S FINAL | 1 |
SCREAMED | 1 |
SCREAMED BLOODY MURDER | 1 |
SCREAMED TO HIGH HEAVEN | 1 |
SET THE BRAKES | 1 |
SET UP A HOWL | 1 |
SHIT | 1 |
SHOT OFF HIS MOUTH | 1 |
SHOWED HIMSELF | 1 |
SHOWED OFF | 1 |
SPOUTED OFF | 1 |
SPUTTERED | 1 |
SQUAWKED LIKE HELL | 1 |
STALLED OFF | 1 |
STARTED GRIPING | 1 |
STEWED ABOUT IT | 1 |
STEWED AND SPUTTERED | 1 |
STEWED UP A STORM | 1 |
STIRRED UP A STINK | 1 |
STOMPED AROUND | 1 |
STOOD PAT | 1 |
STORMED AROUND | 1 |
STRENUOUSLY OBJECTED | 1 |
SURE PUT UP A KICK | 1 |
SURE RAISED A LOT OF SMOKE | 1 |
THREW A BITCH | 1 |
THREW A DUCK-FIT | 1 |
THREW A ROYAL FIT | 1 |
THREW A SHOE | 1 |
THREW A SPELL | 1 |
THREW A TIZZY | 1 |
THREW UP HIS HANDS AND QUIT | 1 |
THROWED A SHOE | 1 |
THROWED UP HIS HANDS | 1 |
TOPPED TALL TIMBER | 1 |
TOPPED THE TREES | 1 |
TOPPED TIMBER | 1 |
TURNED US DOWN | 1 |
TURNED US FLAT | 1 |
WAS IN A STEW | 1 |
WAS OUTRAGEOUS | 1 |
WENT ALL UP IN THE AIR | 1 |
WENT CRAZY | 1 |
WENT HAYWIRE | 1 |
WENT IN THE AIR | 1 |
WENT INTO A TIZZY | 1 |
WENT INTO A WINGDING | 1 |
WENT INTO AN UPROAR | 1 |
WENT INTO ORBIT | 1 |
WENT MORE OR LESS TO PIECES | 1 |
WENT OFF THE DEEP END | 1 |
WENT OVER THE TOP | 1 |
WENT TO PIECES OVER IT | 1 |
WENT UP INTO THE AIR | 1 |
WENT WILD | 1 |
WOULDN’T | 1 |
WOULDN’T TAKE IT | 1 |
YAPPED | 1 |
YELLED BLOODY MURDER | 1 |
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