Phrase guide

get up on the wrong side of the bed

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To feel irritable; to be in a bad mood; to have a bad day from the start, for no particular reason.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • I think my boss got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. He's been grumpy all day.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: met die verkeerde been uit die bed klim met die verkeerde voet uit die bed klim — to feel irritable without a particular reason
  • Chinese Mandarin: 心烦气燥 — to feel irritable without a particular reason
  • Dutch: met het verkeerde been uit bed stappen — to feel irritable without a particular reason
  • Finnish: nousta sängystä väärällä jalalla — to feel irritable without a particular reason
  • French: se lever du pied gauche — to feel irritable without a particular reason
  • German: mit dem linken Fuß zuerst aufgestanden sein — to feel irritable without a particular reason
  • German: mit dem falschen Fuß aufgestanden sein — to feel irritable without a particular reason
  • Greek: ξυπνάω ανάποδα (xypnáo anápoda) — to feel irritable without a particular reason
  • Hungarian: bal lábbal kel fel — to feel irritable without a particular reason
  • Italian: alzarsi con il piede sbagliato — to feel irritable without a particular reason
  • Norwegian: stå opp på feil side av sengen — to feel irritable without a particular reason
  • Polish: wstawać lewą nogą — to feel irritable without a particular reason
  • Polish: wstać lewą nogą — to feel irritable without a particular reason
  • Portuguese: levantar do lado errado da cama — to feel irritable without a particular reason
  • Portuguese: acordar com o pé esquerdo — to feel irritable without a particular reason
  • Romanian: se trezi cu fața la cearșaf — to feel irritable without a particular reason
  • Serbo-Croatian: у̀стати на лије̑вӯ но̏гу — to feel irritable without a particular reason
  • Serbo-Croatian: у̀стати на ле̑вӯ но̏гу — to feel irritable without a particular reason
  • Serbo-Croatian: ùstati na lijȇvū nȍgu — to feel irritable without a particular reason
  • Serbo-Croatian: ùstati na lȇvū nȍgu — to feel irritable without a particular reason
  • Slovene: vstati z levo nogo — to feel irritable without a particular reason
  • Spanish: levantarse del lado equivocado de la cama — to feel irritable without a particular reason
  • Spanish: levantarse con el pie izquierdo — to feel irritable without a particular reason
  • Swedish: vakna på fel sida — to feel irritable without a particular reason
  • Turkish: solundan kalkmak — to feel irritable without a particular reason
  • Turkish: tersinden kalkmak — to feel irritable without a particular reason
  • Ukrainian: встати не з тієї ноги (vstaty ne z tijeji nohy) — to feel irritable without a particular reason