cob

get a cob on

To become angry, agitated, or irritated. Primarily heard in UK. John always gets a cob on over the traffic on his way to work. Don't get a cob on—I was only trying to be helpful!
See also: cob, get, on

have a cob on

To be angry, agitated, or irritated. Primarily heard in UK. John always has a cob on after getting stuck in traffic on his way to work. I don't know why you have a cob on—I was only trying to be helpful!
See also: cob, have, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

have (or get) a cob on

be annoyed or in a bad mood. British informal
See also: cob, have, on
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

cob

1. n. a sharp poke or goose in the anus. Ouch! That cob hurt!
2. tv. to give someone a sharp poke in the anus. Tom cobbed Fred when he passed by.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • get a cob on
  • have a cob on
  • have a cadenza
  • get miffed
  • miff
  • get in(to) a snit
  • frost (someone)
  • frosted
  • in a snit
  • snit
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In short, cob is great for strength, mass, and curves; straw bales for volume and insulation.
He liked the idea of a Welsh Cob because it would be hardy enough to live out all year 'round, small enough to get on and off easily, yet strong enough to carry an adult.
Proceed with a specific review of the internal situation and accounts of the COB for the period 2008 to 2010, to make sure that the COB, as a legal entity, was not involved in any manner whatsoever in any of the allegations/charges against Nuzman in the framework of the ongoing investigation by the Federal Public Prosecutor in Brazil.
Sweetcorn is a hungry crop, so make sure you apply a general fertiliser regularly once the cobs start to appear.
Table 1: Effect of pre-anthesis drought and foliar application of potassium at different concentrations on plant height and cob growth attributes under greenhouse conditions.
Then, brand or product factors arerelated mainlyto product meanings (Wong & Ahuvia, 1998), product scarcity (Heribert & Verena, 2010), COB image (Piron, 2000) and brand prominence (Han, Nunes, Dreze, 2010).
The Autumn Cob Sale is an event which is firmly in the calendar of the Welsh Pony and Cob community and draws people from across the globe.
* Executive COBs most often participate in the company's bonus program, using the same corporate performance metricsthatapplytothe CEO.
The ELPL-COB-100W series is a complete LED grow light-engine on a COB chip.
However, cob weight and grains per cob were recorded after harvesting the cobs.
"Corn on the cob is one of those things that harkens back to summertime and picnics, barbecues and family gatherings," says Lori Bigras, senior marketing manager of Growers Express, in Salinas, Calif.
In a corner of a subdivision in the agricultural town of Bayambang, a mud or cob house is rising.
Although maize cob usage is rarely accounted for, there have been efforts to evaluate possible applications in Kenya (Nangole et al., 1983), Ghana (Tuah and Orskov, 1989), Tanzania (Urio and Katagile, 1987), Zimbabwe (Chimonyo et al., 2001; Mashatise et al., 2005) and Nigeria (Opeolu et al., 2009; Raheem and Adesanya, 2011).
Stierle, MSN, RN was appointed in July 2015 to the American Nurses Association (ANA) Committee on Bylaws (COB) by the ANA Board of Directors (BOD).
A statement here on Monday said that Allied Bank Limited (ABL), one of Pakistan's leading banks, has reduced the critical close of business (COB) processing time by as much as 50 percent with the successful deployment of Oracle Exadata Database Machine.