frog in a sock

English

Noun

frog in a sock (plural frogs in a sock)

1. (in similes) Something that is frantic.
   • 2009, Catherine Deveny, Free to a Good Home, →ISBN, page 106:

     The conflict between desire and programming may explain the common myth (or as we Micks like to think, well-known fact) that Catholics go off like frogs in a sock in the sack.

   • 2010, John Shors, The Wishing Trees, →ISBN:

     They're still as cross as a frog in a sock about it.

   • 2014, Martin Gooch, I Made a Feature Film by Mistake, →ISBN, page 10:

     I guarantee that if you make something really cool, her knickers'll be off quicker than a frog in a sock.

   • 2015, Joan Kilby, The Secret Son, →ISBN:

     Even though he was pissing her off mightily, his broad shoulders, tanned biceps and lock of black hair falling onto his forehead made her pulse jump like a frog in a sock.