Peixinha  +  234108 Fri, 09 Jun 06 09:06 AM Hi, Here's a sentence: "She gets her monkey up if you tell her that she's wrong." Does this mean "She gets angry if you tell her that she's wrong."? "To get someone's monkey up" means "to get angry or upset someone"? I couldn't find any examples in Yahoo! USA or Yahoo! UK.  Does it exist? Thank you, Peixinha Joined on Mon, Jun 5 2006 New Member 50 British English

	Marius Hancu  +  234145 Fri, 09 Jun 06 11:35 AM Yes, you're basically right, if this is BrE. -------- monkey 7 Britain : TEMPER, ANGER, DANDER <got his monkey up> 11 : a desperate desire for or addiction to drugs regarded as an intolerable burden -- often used in the phrase monkey on one's back http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com ------------- but look at the definition at 11 too. Marius Hancu Joined on Wed, Apr 26 2006 Veteran Member 11,673 British English

	MrPedantic  +  234307 Fri, 09 Jun 06 08:55 PM I think "to get someone's monkey up" dates from the 19th century. You don't hear it very often these days. However, you do hear "to go ape", meaning "to become very angry", e.g. "he went ape"; though that too has begun to sound old-fashioned.  Perhaps the phrases are related. MrP MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 12,592 ...opella forensis / adducit febris... British English, Dates

	Peixinha  +  236612 Fri, 16 Jun 06 04:51 AM Thank you very much. It helps a lot. Regards, Peixinha :-) Peixinha Regards, British English