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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
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
met die verkeerde been uit die bed klim met die verkeerde voet uit die bed klim
— to feel irritable without a particular reason
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Chinese Mandarin:
心烦气燥
— to feel irritable without a particular reason
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Dutch:
met het verkeerde been uit bed stappen
— to feel irritable without a particular reason
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Finnish:
nousta sängystä väärällä jalalla
— to feel irritable without a particular reason
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French:
se lever du pied gauche
— to feel irritable without a particular reason
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German:
mit dem linken Fuß zuerst aufgestanden sein
— to feel irritable without a particular reason
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German:
mit dem falschen Fuß aufgestanden sein
— to feel irritable without a particular reason
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Greek:
ξυπνάω ανάποδα
(xypnáo anápoda)
— to feel irritable without a particular reason
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Hungarian:
bal lábbal kel fel
— to feel irritable without a particular reason
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Italian:
alzarsi con il piede sbagliato
— to feel irritable without a particular reason
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Norwegian:
stå opp på feil side av sengen
— to feel irritable without a particular reason
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Polish:
wstawać lewą nogą
— to feel irritable without a particular reason
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Polish:
wstać lewą nogą
— to feel irritable without a particular reason
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Portuguese:
levantar do lado errado da cama
— to feel irritable without a particular reason
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Portuguese:
acordar com o pé esquerdo
— to feel irritable without a particular reason
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Romanian:
se trezi cu fața la cearșaf
— to feel irritable without a particular reason
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Serbo-Croatian:
у̀стати на лије̑вӯ но̏гу
— to feel irritable without a particular reason
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Serbo-Croatian:
у̀стати на ле̑вӯ но̏гу
— to feel irritable without a particular reason
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Serbo-Croatian:
ùstati na lijȇvū nȍgu
— to feel irritable without a particular reason
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Serbo-Croatian:
ùstati na lȇvū nȍgu
— to feel irritable without a particular reason
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Slovene:
vstati z levo nogo
— to feel irritable without a particular reason
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Spanish:
levantarse del lado equivocado de la cama
— to feel irritable without a particular reason
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Spanish:
levantarse con el pie izquierdo
— to feel irritable without a particular reason
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Swedish:
vakna på fel sida
— to feel irritable without a particular reason
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Turkish:
solundan kalkmak
— to feel irritable without a particular reason
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Turkish:
tersinden kalkmak
— to feel irritable without a particular reason
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Ukrainian:
встати не з тієї ноги
(vstaty ne z tijeji nohy)
— to feel irritable without a particular reason