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. Why would you bring up politics at dinner? You know that always gets Grandpa's monkey up!

See also: get, monkey, up

See also:

put (one's) monkey up
put a person's monkey up
have (one's) monkey up
have your monkey up
get (one's) Dutch up
you can take the monkey out of the jungle...
monkey talk
monkey business
it's brass monkeys outside
weather

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