bundle of nerves | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)A person with an especiallynervous,excitable, orfearfuldisposition.1895,Thomas Hardy, chapter 22, inThe Hand of Ethelberta:Being in point of fact a completebundle of nervesand nothing else, his thin figure shook like a harp-string in painful excitement at a contretemps which would scarcely have quickened the pulse of an ordinary man.1972March 27, “Sudsy Whiff of Humanity”, inTime:She is a jitterybundle of nervesrather than the tough stoic she ought to be.; (idiomatic,dated)Alively, continuallyactiveperson.1883November 5, “Talk Across the Table”, inNew York Times, retrieved 15 Apr. 2009, page 4:"Come and take lunch with me." The speaker was a walking, talkingbundle of nerves, clothed in black broadcloth. A flawless diamond sparkled on the scarlet scarf that peeped above his close-fitting Prince Albert coat, and a pair of roguish eyes danced above two rosy cheeks.1914October –1916July,Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 8, inThe Mucker, Chicago, Ill.:A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., published31 October 1921,→OCLC:He found Pesita pacing back and forth before his tent—an energeticbundle of nerveswhich no amount of hard riding and fighting could tire or discourage.

Examples:

EN: Just a bundle of nerves.
ES: Eran un manojo de nervios.
EN: Relax. You're a bundle of nerves.
ES: ReIájese, Es una mano de nervios,
EN: You got a bundle of nerves.
ES: ¡Tiene Ud. una cara de lo más fresca!
EN: You know I'm a bundle of nerves when I'm on duty.
ES: Ya sabe que soy un saco de nervios cuando estoy de servicio.
EN: I had an idea I'd find you a bundle of nerves.
ES: Supuse que estaría muy nervioso.
EN: Sam, you're just a bundle of nerves.
ES: Sam, eres un manojo de nervios.
EN: I am a bundle of nerves.
ES: Soy un manojo de nervios.
EN: Oh, pardon me, dearie, I forgot you were a bundle of nerves.
ES: - Disculpa, querido. Olvidaba que estás hecho un manojo de nervios.
EN: Why, you're just a bundle of nerves.
ES: Estás muy alterado.
EN: - I'm a bundle of nerves.
ES: . - No sé,estoy muy nerviosa.
EN: You're a bundle of nerves.
ES: Estás hecha un manojo de nervios.
ES: Qué manojo de nervios.
EN: Vince, a bundle of nerves with no brain.
ES: Vince, un manojo de nervios sin pizca de cerebro.
EN: I was under the impression she was quite clever. Not just a bundle of nerves.
ES: Me dio la impresión de que era muy lista, no sólo un manojo de nervios.
EN: Well, aren't you the bundle of nerves.
ES: Bueno, eres un manojo de nervios.
EN: You're a bundle of nerves. It frightened me.
ES: Vives con los nervios de punta.

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