get (one's) monkey up
get (one's) monkey up
To make one angry. Please calm down, I didn't mean to get your monkey up. This whole situation gets my monkey up so much—it's amazing that I haven't screamed at the whole staff today.
See also: get, monkey, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- put (one's) monkey up
- put a person's monkey up
- have (one's) monkey up
- have your monkey up
- monkey talk
- have got a monkey on (one's) back
- cheeky monkey
- monkey business
- it's brass monkeys outside
- have a monkey on one’s back