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get up on the wrong side of the bed

get up on the wrong side of the bed verb: to feel irritable; to be in a bad mood; to have a bad day from the start, for no particular reason.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To feel irritable; to be in a bad mood; to have a bad day from the start, for no particular reason.
    • I think my boss got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. He's been grumpy all day.
    Synonyms:
    get out of bed on the wrong side, wake up on the wrong side of bed, wake up on the wrong side of the bed

Synonyms of get up on the wrong side of the bed

Forms of get up on the wrong side of the bed

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

Questions about get up on the wrong side of the bed

What does get up on the wrong side of the bed mean?
Get up on the wrong side of the bed means to feel irritable; to be in a bad mood; to have a bad day from the start, for no particular reason.
What part of speech is get up on the wrong side of the bed?
Get up on the wrong side of the bed is a verb.
What is the past tense of get up on the wrong side of the bed?
The past tense of get up on the wrong side of the bed is got up on the wrong side of the bed.

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

  1. get up in someone's face
  2. get up in someone's grill
  3. get up into
  4. get up off
  5. get up on the wrong side of bed
  6. get up on the wrong side of the bed
  7. get up someone's nose
  8. get up the yard
  9. get up to
  10. get up with the chickens
  11. get used

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