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[chest rockwell]

Is 'packing a sad' a term only NZers use?

It means to become sullen about something.

[sojukettle]

Could well be.

how about ' throwing a wobbly'

[chest rockwell]

Yeah we have that one, although its only what grandads and nana's do. So your kids can throw a wobbly but its not really suitable. I'd tend to say they 'throw tanty's (as in a tantrum).

For tantrums, I like "He threw his toys".

[philthy]

For tantrums, I like "He threw his toys".[/quote]

Also the Texans' "Hissy fit" and the Aussies' "chucking a spazz."

[neandergirl]

Or spit the dummy

[Swiss James]

"he's got a face on"
"she's being mardy"

[blackbird]

"pissed off"

"being onry"

[fidel]

being swizzlesticked
Flapperjacked

[sheba]

he was having a mental.

he went spastic at me.

he went nuts.

He took it to town.

My aussie friends says 'he cracked up'. To me that means he started laughing - but to her it meant he started yelling.

[VanIslander]

being a sad sack, a worry wart, a downer, a party pooper

[Ya-ta Boy]

[joe_doufu]

We used to say "having a cow" (as in giving birth to a cow). That was used on "The Simpsons" in its earliest seasons, but only in it's negative imperative form. We would also say "having a massive cow" or "having a gigantic cow" to mean "really flipping out".

[joe_doufu]

That reminds me of "wigging out"

[jacl]

New Zealander's should say, "Packin a sad salary". Packin' a sad in Korea. Ha ha ha. Nah, nah, na, na, nah.

[jaderedux]

My mom (from Greenville S.C.)

Y'all better hush now! I am fixin to lose my religion ya hear!

In English

Please be quiet right now or I am going to get angry.

jade