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get one's panties in a pretzel (third-person singular simple present gets one's panties in a pretzel, present participle getting one's panties in a pretzel, simple past got one's panties in a pretzel, past participle (UK) got one's panties in a pretzel or (US) gotten one's panties in a pretzel)
- (idiomatic, humorous, informal, rare) Synonym of get one's knickers in a twist
2008, Susan Goodwill, Little Shop of Murders, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN, page 13:“Don't get your panties in a pretzel, darling. I simply want to scare him so that he pulls over.” Kitty yanked off her fez and stuck her head into the howling wind. Her hair whipped around her eyes, and she pushed it out of the way.