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GET ONE'S DANDER UP or GET ONE'S IRISH UP.

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get one's dander up

[get one's dander up] or [get one's Irish up] {v. phr.} To become or make angry. * /The boy got his dander up because he couldn't go to the store./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

dander

[dander] See: [GET ONE'S BACK UP], [GET ONE'S DANDER UP] or [GET ONE'S IRISH UP]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

Brendan Behan

(1923-1964), Irish writer If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks. www.english-slang.com

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(1856-1900), Irish writer If one could only teach the English how to talk and the Irish how to listen, society would be quite civilized. www.english-slang.com

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