Agitated, alarmed, or anxious. For example, Mary was in a stew about how her cake was going to turn out. It is also put as
get in or into a stew, as in Every Saturday the minister got in a stew about Sunday's sermon. This expression transfers the mixture of meat and vegetables constituting a stew to overheated mixed emotions. [c. 1800]
in a stew
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