get (someone's) Irish up

To become or cause to become angry, hostile, defensive, or irritable. John got his Irish up when his parents brought up the subject of college. Election season always gets my dad's Irish up.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Effie	['efi]
Eun-Jung	uwn-jung	Korean
Ekain	-	Basque
Rufino	roo-FEE-no (Italian, Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
AssumpciÓ	-	Catalan
Simonu	-	Old Church Slavic