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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