get up on the wrong side of the bed
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To act unpleasant because the day got off to a bad start: “You'd better avoid the boss today; she got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.”
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get under someone's skin, getup, get-up-and-go, get up one's nerve, get up on the wrong side of bed, get up on the wrong side of the bed, get up steam, get used to, get-well, get what's coming to one, get wind of
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