Idiom
get one's monkey up
Meaning
To make someone angry, annoyed or irritated.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Don't get your monkey up over such a small mistake.”
“His constant complaining about the schedule really got my monkey up during the meeting.”
“The politician tried to remain calm, but the reporter's persistent questions about his past eventually got his monkey up.”
Examples
simple
“Don't get your monkey up over such a small mistake.”
contextual
“His constant complaining about the schedule really got my monkey up during the meeting.”
complex
“The politician tried to remain calm, but the reporter's persistent questions about his past eventually got his monkey up.”
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