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
Metodij	-	Macedonian
Gonzalo	gon-THAH-lo (Spanish), gon-SAH-lo (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Shakura	-	Arabic
Adenauer	['a:dənauə]
Laurentina	-	Ancient Roman
Szabolcs	-	Hungarian