# get one's monkey up

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/get-ones-monkey-up
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To make someone angry, annoyed or irritated.

## 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.

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