Throw a Tantrum

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🗓️ Idiom: Throw a Tantrum (v)

💬 Meaning

To react with sudden, strong anger.
To complain loudly or behave in an unreasonable way when upset.
To be like a child getting angry over something small.

🧠 Example Sentences

The supervisor threw a tantrum when the team missed the deadline.
A customer threw a tantrum at the service desk after being told the item was out of stock.
He tries to stay professional, but he sometimes throws a tantrum when things do not go as planned.

🏛️ Origin

The idiom comes from children’s behaviour. A “tantrum” is an emotional outburst that young children often have when they are frustrated or cannot get what they want. The phrase began to describe adults who act with sudden anger in a similar, dramatic way, especially in workplaces or customer situations.

📝 Practice Exercises

1. Fill in the blank:
The customer __________ when she heard her refund would take three days.

Answer

threw a tantrum

2. Multiple choice:
What does “throw a tantrum” mean?
A. To calmly negotiate a solution
B. To react with sudden, unreasonable anger
C. To ignore a problem on purpose

Answer

B To react with sudden, unreasonable anger

3. Change the sentence using “throw a tantrum”:
“He reacted in an unreasonable and angry way when the office printer stopped working.”

Answer

He threw a tantrum when the office printer stopped working.

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Throw a Tantrum

🗓️ Idiom: Throw a Tantrum (v)

💬 Meaning

🧠 Example Sentences

🏛️ Origin

📝 Practice Exercises

ℹ️ Other Useful Pages

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