get one's chastity belt in a swivel

verb phrase. A painful below-the-belt situation experienced by the good and holy and pure and right and spiffy among us.

Related terms: get one's bibles in a knot, get one's monkeys in a bunch, get one's panties in a bunch, get one's pantyhose in a bunch, get one's Calvins in a bunch, get one's buns in a bunch, get one's britches in a bunch, get one's ideology in a bunch, get one's ego in a bunch, get one's tampon in a bunch, get one's nuts in a bunch, get one's whiskers in a bunch, get one's boxers in a bunch, get one's balls in a bunch, get one's beanie in a bunch, get one's thong in a twist, get one's knickers in a twist, get one's panties in a twist, get one's Nicholson in a twist, get one's chakras in a twist, get one's cables in a twist, get one's toga in a twist, get one's noodles in a twist, get one's kilt in a twist, get one's nightie in a twist, get one's undies in a twist, get one's mind in a twist, get one's shorts in a twist, get one's skirt in a twist, get one's tonsils in a twist, get one's skivvies in a twist, get one's extremities in a twist, get one's bollocks in a twist.

Real citation: "I suspect Stanley hasn't even picked the right phony controversy to work himself into a lather about. What's really got the Christian activists' chastity belts in a swivel is NBC's Book of Daniel, a series where Jesus rides in the front seat with Aidan Quinn and same-sex loving seems to be bursting out all over."
(James Wolcott, Dec. 27, 2005, jameswolcott.com/archives/2005/12/gay_polygamy_or.php)

Made-up citation: "As the Bible says, 'If thee cannot get thy chastity belt in a swivel over the most minor crap, God hates you and will burn your family.'"