fart in a mitten
n.— «I have lived in the Ozarks twelve years now, so I did not say thank you and leave.…“Seems like folks come in looking for parts and interrupting all the time. Got me as fussed as fart in a mitten.”» —by Sue Hubbell A Country Year: Living the Questions Apr. 26, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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