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The Jitters


 

I was going to suggest this one. The distinction between the two is 'got the wind up' suggests an isolated event, a reaction to specific circumstances, 'being windy' implies one who is always like that.

On Tue, 19 Nov 2024, 03:21 Robert Sulentic via , <rnsulentic=[email protected]> wrote:-

get/have the wind up

British, informal
:?to become/be afraid or nervous
When they started questioning him, he?got the wind up.
?I have also seen it as "being windy"?


 

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Avoir des engelures aux yeux?(having frostbitten eyes)
to be afraid during an attack

Une Rafale?(A gust)
A frightened soldier.

That last might?be related to?

get/have the wind up

British, informal
:?to become/be afraid or nervous
When they started questioning him, he?got the wind up.
?I have also seen it as "being windy"?

On Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 6:31?PM cscholti via <cscholti=[email protected]> wrote:
Lardies --
?
I need your help. What term would have been used in Napoleonic times if someone had "the jitters"? Like a new recruit being very nervous in battle.
?
Thanks


 

Lardies --
?
I need your help. What term would have been used in Napoleonic times if someone had "the jitters"? Like a new recruit being very nervous in battle.
?
Thanks