"bag of nerves" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bags of nerves [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|bags of nerves}} bag of nerves (plural bags of nerves)
  1. (informal) A very nervous person. Tags: informal Synonyms: bundle of nerves, nervous wreck, worrywart, worrier Translations (nervous person): nervebundt [neuter] (Danish), hermokimppu (Finnish), nervebunt [masculine] (Norwegian), nervebunt [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kłębek nerwów [masculine] (Polish), комо́к не́рвов (komók nérvov) [masculine] (Russian), nervknippe [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-bag_of_nerves-en-noun-wkosjSDX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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