all of a doodah

English

Phrase

all of a doodah

  1. (British, informal) In a confused or agitated state.
    She can't find anything ... her glasses, her keys, her handbag ... she's all of a doodah.
    • 1932, Dorothy L. Sayers, chapter XVIII, in Have His Carcase:
      He gently extricated his arm from Harriet’s frenzied grasp and shut the door.
      ”Now then! My dear, what’s happened? You’re all of a doodah!”
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