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get out of bed on the wrong side

get out of bed on the wrong side verb: to start the day in a bad mood for no apparent reason.

Verb

get out of bed on the wrong side (third-person singular simple present gets out of bed on the wrong side, present participle getting out of bed on the wrong side, simple past got out of bed on the wrong side, past participle (UK) got out of bed on the wrong side or (US) gotten out of bed on the wrong side)

  1. (idiomatic) To start the day in a bad mood for no apparent reason.
    • Our CO must have gotten out of bed on the wrong side, for he gave the whole company hell for their poor morale, dirty barracks, etc.

Synonyms of get out of bed on the wrong side

Forms of get out of bed on the wrong side

third-person singular presentgets out of bed on the wrong side
present participlegetting out of bed on the wrong side
pastgot out of bed on the wrong side
past participle UKgot out of bed on the wrong side
past participle USgotten out of bed on the wrong side

Questions about get out of bed on the wrong side

What does get out of bed on the wrong side mean?
Get out of bed on the wrong side means to start the day in a bad mood for no apparent reason.
What part of speech is get out of bed on the wrong side?
Get out of bed on the wrong side is a verb.
What is the past tense of get out of bed on the wrong side?
The past tense of get out of bed on the wrong side is got out of bed on the wrong side.

Words near get out of bed on the wrong side in the dictionary

  1. get onto
  2. get open
  3. get out
  4. get out from under
  5. get out of
  6. get out of bed on the wrong side
  7. get out of Dodge
  8. get out of here
  9. get out of it
  10. get out of jail free card
  11. get out of jail free cards

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