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
MilivojMEE-lee-voi (Croatian, Serbian)Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Medieval Slavic
KlaraKLAH-rah (German, Russian, Polish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, German, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Slovene, Croatian
DaisyDAY-zeeEnglish
Ffraid-Welsh
SivSEEVSwedish, Norwegian, Danish, Norse Mythology
MÜMtaz-Turkish