tie oneself in knots

English

Alternative forms

• tie oneself up in knots

Verb

tie oneself in knots (third-person singular simple present ties oneself in knots, present participle tying oneself in knots, simple past and past participle tied oneself in knots)

1. (informal) To become anxious; to fret.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: hermoilla
• French: se prendre la tête (fr), se faire de la bile (fr), se faire du mauvais sang (fr), se ronger les sangs, se faire un sang d’encre (fr), se faire des cheveux blancs (fr)

References

• “tie yourself in knots” (US) / “tie yourself in knots” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “tie oneself in knots”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “to tie yourself in knots”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “tie yourself up in knots” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.