get up a thirst

get up a thirst

To become thirsty, typically due to strenuous activity. You must have gotten up a thirst working out in the garden in this heat!
See also: get, thirst, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

get up a thirst

 and work up a thirst
Fig. to do something that will make one thirsty. (Fixed order.) Jogging makes me work up a thirst. Doing this kind of work always gets up a thirst with me.
See also: get, thirst, up
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • thirst
  • work up a thirst
  • appetite
  • get up an appetite
  • have a thirst for
  • have a thirst for (something)
  • settle down to (something)
  • perish with
  • perish with (something)
  • quench (one's) thirst at any dirty puddle