get (one's) Irish up
get (one's) Irish up
To become or cause to become angry, hostile, defensive, or irritable. John got his Irish up when his parents brought up the subject of college. Election season always gets my dad's Irish up.
See also: get, Irish, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- Irish
- get (one's) back up
- get back up
- get someone's back up
- get/put somebody's back up
- have (one's) back up
- have back up
- get hackles up
- get (one's) hackles up
- addict