wake up on the wrong side of (the) bed

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wake up on the wrong side of (the) bed

To be in a particularly and persistently irritable, unhappy, or grouchy mood or state, especially when it is not in line with one's normal disposition. I'm sorry I snapped at you earlier, I think I just woke up on the wrong side of the bed today. Jeez, the boss has been in a really bad mood all day. I guess he must have woken up on the wrong side of bed!

See also: bed, of, on, side, up, wake, wrong

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Augusta	ow-GUWS-tah (German, Polish), ow-GOOS-tah (Italian), ə-GUS-tə (English)	German, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Dutch, English, Ancient Roman
Tristan	TRIS-tən (English), trees-TAWN (French)	Welsh, English, French, Arthurian Romance
Maddox	MAD-əks	English (Modern)
TadhgÁN	-	Irish
Lamprecht	LAHMP-rekht (German)	German (Archaic), Ancient Germanic
Duran	[də'ræn]