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? asked in Education & ReferenceQuotations · 1 decade ago

tie one's insides into knots?

I don't understand the sense of it

I found it in the phrase

He ties my insides into knots with just a few words, ever so kindly uttered.

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  • Ed
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    It means he causes you to feel extreme anxiety, by merely uttering a few brief--even kind--words.

    Something about him is very disconcerting, very irritating. These qualities pervade this character, even when he tries to use overt kindness.

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