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
Ervin-Hungarian, Croatian
Shohreh-Persian
Karenza-English (Rare)
Rebeccanne-English (Rare)
Shanta-Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali
Fathiyya-Arabic