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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
hissy fit
ˈhissy fit 7 BrE NAmE noun countable, usually singular (informal)
a state of being bad-tempered and unreasonable
Syn: ↑tantrum
•She threw a hissy fit because her dressing room wasn't painted blue.
Word Origin:
[hissy fit] 1930s (as hissy): perhaps from hysterics via Latin from Greek husterikos ‘of the womb’, from hustera ‘womb’ (hysteria was thought to be specific to women and associated with the womb).
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