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have a cow

verb

Etymology

Unknown. Popularized by the TV show The Simpsons where it was one of the catchphrases of Bart Simpson.

Definitions

  1. To get angry

    To get angry; have a fit.

    • My mom had a cow when I came in late.
    • Dad says I'm too young to go steady and seems to think I'm going to drag a girl up the aisle instead of to a school dance. He won't let me watch rock 'n' roll shows, and he'd "have a cow" if he knew I watched 77 Sunset Strip.
    • "Of all the fates on heaven and earth, why did this one befall me?" "Don't have a cow, dad."

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see have, a, cow.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA