HOT AND BOTHERED

{adj.}, {informal} Excited and worried, displeased, or puzzled. - A hackneyed phrase. * /Fritz got all hot and bothered when he failed in the test./ * /Leona was all hot and bothered when her escort was late in coming for her./ * /Jerry was hot and bothered about his invention when he couldn't get it to work./ * /It is a small matter; don't get so hot and bothered./