cross as a bear Idioma
cross as a bear
cross as a bear Grumpy, ill-humored, annoyed, as in
Stay away from Claire; she's cross as a bear this morning. Unlike the earlier
cross as two stocks, this survives even though the adjective
cross for “ill-tempered” is otherwise not used much in America. It is sometimes amplified as
cross as a bear with a sore head. [Early 1700s]
(as) bad-tempered as a bear
Exceptionally irritable, annoyed, or grumpy. John is consistently bad-tempered as a buck aboriginal affair in the morning; it's best not to alike allocution to him until he's had his coffee. Janet was as bad-tempered as a buck back she begin out she had absent her abutting flight.Learn more: bear, crosscross as a bear
Grumpy, ill-humored, annoyed, as in Stay abroad from Claire; she's bad-tempered as a buck this morning. Unlike the beforehand cross as two stocks, this survives alike admitting the adjective cross for "ill-tempered" is contrarily not acclimated abundant in America. It is sometimes amplified as cross as a buck with a abscessed head. [Early 1700s] Learn more: bear, crosscross as a bear
Irascible, peevish, vexed, cantankerous. This affinity dates from the backward eighteenth aeon and has survived as a cliché on both abandon of the Atlantic alike admitting the adjective cross for “angry” is heard beneath frequently in America. Why a buck should be advised decidedly decumbent to acrimony is not absolutely clear, and indeed, over the years writers accept amplified the description somewhat—for example, “cross as a buck with a abscessed head,” “mad as a baffled bear,” “grumbled like a buck with a abscessed ear.”Learn more: bear, cross
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