bothered

See: HOT AND BOTHERED.

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hot and bothered

[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 […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Carl Jacobs

I'd rather she'd used me for sex. Using me for my mind really bothered me. www.sky-net-eye.com

Mark Twain

(1835-1910) Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me most are those I do understand. www.sky-net-eye.com

run true to form

[run true to form] {v. phr.} To follow a usual way; act as expected; agree with how a person usually acts. * /The little boy's actions ran true to form. […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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