all of a dither Idiom
in a dither
in a dither Also,
all of a dither;
in a flutter or
tizzy. In a state of tremulous agitation, as in
Planning the wedding put her in a dither, or
He tried to pull himself together, but he was all of a dither, or
She showed up in such a flutter that our meeting was useless. The noun
dither dates from the early 1800s and goes back to the Middle English verb
didderen, “to tremble”;
in a flutter dates from the mid-1700s;
in a tizzy dates from about 1930 and is of uncertain origin.
all of a dither
In a nervous, confused, or agitated state. We were all of a dither cat-and-mouse to accommodated the admiral at our academy rally. The accuser kept allurement these absolutely ambiguous questions and got me all of a dither.Learn more: all, dither, of