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.
Words nearby in a dither
in a bad way,
in a big way,
in a bind,
in a breeze,
in a cold sweat,
in a dither,
in a fix,
in a flash,
in a flutter,
in a fog,
in a good light