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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gertraud	GER-trowt	German
Jeni	JEN-ee	English (Modern)
Elijah	[i'laidʒə]
Otto	AW-to (German), AH-to (English), OT-to (Finnish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Ancient Germanic
AmbroŻY	-	Polish (Rare)
Kerry	['keri]