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
Lorens-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Yustina-Russian
AnxoAN-shawGalician
Bridie-Irish
Asha (1)-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam
Tsisana-Georgian