have a charley horse

have a charley horse

To have a painful muscle spasm that most commonly occurs in the legs. (The term "charley horse" is thought to have originated from baseball slang.) I didn't sleep well last night at all. I had a charley horse that was so bad, it woke me up.
See also: charley, have, horse
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • get a charley horse
  • Charley
  • charley horse
  • wake (up) from (something)
  • wake from
  • waking
  • woken
  • splitting headache
  • the wrong side of the bed
  • that feeling when