British & Australian, humorous

to be in a bad mood which causes you to treat other people badly and complain a lot.

If his newspaper doesn't arrive by breakfast time he's like a bear with a sore head.

• in awe
• in awe of
• in awe of someone
• in awe of something
• in a word
• in bad faith
• in bed with
• in bed with someone
• in birthday suit
• in black and white
• in blood
• in brief
• in broad daylight
• in broad strokes
• in cahoots
• in cahoots with
• in cahoots with someone
• in case
• in case of
• in case of something
• in charge
• in charge of
• in charge of something
• in check
• in chorus