have a fit

[have a fit] or [have fits] or [throw a fit] {v. phr.}

1. To have a sudden illness with stiffness or jerking of the body.

* /Our dog had a fit yesterday./

2. {informal} To become angry or upset.

* /Father will throw a fit when he sees the dent in the car./

* /Howard will have a fit when he learns that he lost the election./

* /When John decided to drop out of college, his parents had fits./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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