get up on hind legs

get up on one's hind legs

Fig. to get angry and assertive. (Alludes to the action of a horse when it is excited or frightened.) She got up on her hind legs and told them all to go to blazes. She has a tendency to get up on her hind legs and tell people off.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Petrica	-	Romanian
Tereza	te-REZ-ah (Romanian)	Czech, Portuguese (Brazilian), Bulgarian, Romanian
Friduhelm	-	Ancient Germanic
Melqart	-	Near Eastern Mythology
Patricio	pah-TREE-thyo (Spanish), pah-TREE-syo (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Brennan	['brenən]