| 词汇 | get one-s monkey up |
| 词源 | get one’s monkey up. Monkeys have quick tempers, though they calm down sooner than humans, which suggested the phrase to get one’s monkey up, “to become angry,” an expression that is British in origin, and is first recorded in a popular 1853 song. |
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