the natives are getting restless

the natives are getting restless

The local population of some location are becoming agitated or beginning to express irritation, discontentment, or discomfiture. Possibly offensive, given the connotations of indigenous people not obeying the rule of some colonizing force. The state senator is entering the final year of his four-year term, and after failing to live up to the raft of promises he made to his constituency, it's clear that the natives are getting restless.
See also: get, native, restless
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • restless
  • the natives are restless
  • best pleased
  • jan
  • not happy, Jan
  • sell out
  • sell someone out
  • sellout
  • sold out
  • trouble in paradise