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
Halle (2)HAL-eeEnglish (Modern)
Elmas-Turkish
Abele-Italian
GlenGLENScottish, English
NathanNAY-thən (English), na-TAWN (French)English, French, Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
MiĶElis-Latvian