have a burr under saddle

have a burr under one's saddle

Rur. to be irritated by something. Joe has a burr under his saddle because Jane's going out with Bill tonight. Mary must have a burr under her saddle. She's been snapping at me all day.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Fedya	-	Russian
Kaiser	-	Various
Isotta	ee-ZOT-tah	Italian
Odetta	-	English (Rare)
Michael	MIE-kəl (English), MI-khah-el (German), MEE-kah-el (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish)	English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Czech, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Bohuslava	bo-hoo-SLAH-vah (Ukrainian)	Czech, Ukrainian