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
KerriKER-eeEnglish
Gaspare-Italian
GregGREGEnglish
Lalit-Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Sevda-Turkish, Azerbaijani
RaymondRAY-mənd (English), re-MAWN (French)English, French