APAD:Don't get your panties in a bunch

Don't get your panties in a bunch

means to not become overly upset or emotional, especially about something trivial or unimportant。

When something becomes bunched it means it gathers toward one area. For example, if I grab a shirt in one hand and have the whole width bunched in my hand (the top and bottom of the shirt simply hang). Or, closer to the phrase you mentioned, if your boxers (underwear that also covers the top part of your legs) are in a bunch, it's uncomfortable because the part that covers your leg is bunched upward. Used as a verb, at least here in America, we usually use the phrasal verb "bunch up", aside from set phrases like the one you mentioned.

The idea is that if you are becoming upset about something unnecessarily, you might be twisting and turning and getting agitated. The speaker is imagining the agitated person's underwear getting tangled, so that it is no longer fitting properly, and is 'bunched up'. The British equivalent of this expression is ''Don't get your knickers in a twist" .

Example 

Elon Musk's gesture was interpreted by some as a Nazi or the fascist Roman salute. But Musk responded, "I'm not a Nazi", also saying, "What is actually bad about Nazis — it wasn't their fashion or their mannerisms, it was the war and genocide." So, the gesture had nothing to do with NAZI, don't make your panties in a bunch.

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can’t help laughing:-). funny&educational, just what weNeed. -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 03/17/2025 postreply 04:08:51

老美如果知道秋褲是什麽,就不會用boxer bunch up舉例了 -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 03/17/2025 postreply 08:53:13

大行不顧細謹,大禮不辭小讓。SpaceX is going to bring the 2 astronauts back -妖妖靈- 給 妖妖靈 發送悄悄話 妖妖靈 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 03/17/2025 postreply 08:35:53

Pray for them! -妖妖靈- 給 妖妖靈 發送悄悄話 妖妖靈 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 03/17/2025 postreply 08:39:27

同pray,照片看起來已經像alien 一樣嚇人 -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 03/17/2025 postreply 08:58:41

我曾做過夢到自己到了一個沒有任何人的地方~ 我覺得他們的經曆和我的夢一模一樣~ -妖妖靈- 給 妖妖靈 發送悄悄話 妖妖靈 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 03/17/2025 postreply 09:02:45

Don’t overgeneralize-slightly different though. -暖冬cool夏- 給 暖冬cool夏 發送悄悄話 暖冬cool夏 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 03/17/2025 postreply 08:36:29

不要動不動就大驚小怪就好了 -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 03/17/2025 postreply 08:56:34

Walking in tight jeans bunches some boxers up. -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 03/17/2025 postreply 08:46:06

hahaha, BJJ costume is better :-)) -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 03/17/2025 postreply 08:53:11

Well, not today. Boxer ratcheted up all the way after spar. -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 03/17/2025 postreply 14:26:21

Boxer 根本不算什麽,我小時候有一上午秋衣袖子bunch up -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 03/17/2025 postreply 08:54:34

Today is St Patrick‘s day,breakfast&decoration@our cafeteria -妖妖靈- 給 妖妖靈 發送悄悄話 妖妖靈 的博客首頁 (82 bytes) () 03/17/2025 postreply 08:48:09

綠帽子滿街日,VOA被關了,再也不用擔心有人偷聽敵台了,BBC也變調竟說好聽得 -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 03/17/2025 postreply 08:57:23

VOA被關了?為什麽?financial reason?我聽NPR總讓donate~ -妖妖靈- 給 妖妖靈 發送悄悄話 妖妖靈 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 03/17/2025 postreply 09:03:51

關是用詞不當,Trump slashes funding, 他沒權利關 -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 03/17/2025 postreply 09:07:50

美國在聯合國與俄羅斯投票一致,現在又把VOA關掉,傑尼瑪床鋪是不是無間道內鬼啊 -永遠老李- 給 永遠老李 發送悄悄話 (0 bytes) () 03/17/2025 postreply 13:53:05

外鬼,內鬼才不敢這麽高調 -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 03/17/2025 postreply 16:03:24

最近在讀《沉思錄》,裏麵有一段:身外的事煩擾你嗎?忙裏偷閑去再學習一些好的事物吧,不要再被外物牽惹得團團轉。 -矽穀居士- 給 矽穀居士 發送悄悄話 矽穀居士 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 03/17/2025 postreply 09:52:48

《沉思錄》:對任何發生的事情抱怨,便是對於自然的違逆,因為一切的事物都不過是自然的某一部分而已。 -矽穀居士- 給 矽穀居士 發送悄悄話 矽穀居士 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 03/17/2025 postreply 09:54:11

才不會。不值得~ -妖妖靈- 給 妖妖靈 發送悄悄話 妖妖靈 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 03/17/2025 postreply 13:12:06

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