raise the dickens
raise the dickens
To cause or get into trouble; to engage in unrestrained and excessively disruptive behavior. I started raising the dickens as soon as I was in college and could do what I wanted, but I mellowed out after I graduated. The customer has been raising the dickens about the service charge we included on his bill.
See also: dickens, raise
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
raise the dickens (with someone or something)
to act in some extreme manner; to make trouble; to behave wildly; to be very angry. John was out all night raising the dickens. That cheap gas I bought really raised the dickens with my car's engine.
See also: dickens, raise
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- raise the devil
- Cain
- raise
- raise Cain
- raise Cain, to
- raise Cain/hell
- hell around
- lift/raise the roof
- raise the roof
- raise the roof, to