get (one's) monkey up



get (one's) monkey up

To make one angry. Please calm down, I didn't mean to get your monkey up. This whole situation gets my monkey up so much—it's amazing that I haven't screamed at the whole staff today.
See also: get, monkey, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
EmmettEM-itEnglish
Andronikos-Ancient Greek
Eun-Junguwn-jungKorean
BrÁDach-Irish
ThorstenTAWR-sten (German)Swedish, Danish, German
Tandy['tændi]