Moreover, they're scared that if they revealed themselves we'd throw a conniption.
Clearly, this would cause vast conniptions in many households.
If it "really doesn't mean anything" then why have a conniption fit when someone asks to have it removed.
And then the whole conversation stops, everyone goes into conniptions, and eventually we stopped the project.
That news sent stocks down and political commentators on both sides of the aisle into conniptions.
The establishment is having conniptions.
Nothing looks so bad as a conniption fit when it doesn't match the complexion, and generally it delays the game.
It isn't wise to have a conniption fit every time you lose a trick.
