be like a bear with a sore head
US also like a (real) bear informalto be in a bad mood that causes you to treat other people badly and complain a lot:
You're like a bear with a sore head this morning. What's wrong with you?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Bad-tempered
- argumentative
- bad-tempered
- be hell on wheels idiom
- be spoiling for a fight idiom
- bed
- bilious
- dyspeptic
- get out of bed (on) the wrong side idiom
- grouchy
- grumpy
- have a short fuse idiom
- hell
- petulant
- pugnacious
- quarrelsome
- quick temper
- ratty
- surly
- truculent
- wear thin idiom
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