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
Jimenohee-ME-noSpanish (Rare)
MarilÈNe-French
Petruccio-Medieval Italian
DentonDEN-tənEnglish
Ceceliasə-SEE-lee-ə, sə-SEEL-yəEnglish
Otokar-Czech