Throw one’s toys (out of the cot/pram)

Origin of: Throw one’s toys (out of the cot/pram)

Throw one’s toys (out of the cot/pram)

To have a tantrum or lose one’s temper from the obvious allusion to a toddler or child expressing frustration or anger by literally throwing toys out of the cot or pram. Dates from the 1980s.