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Meaning of one's back is up | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

One is offended or angry.

idiomatic

Examples

“My back is up, and I cannot hear⟳ the thought of wooing him any farther, nor would do it, though he were as pig a gentleman (look⟳ you) as Lucifer himself.”
“And I want⟳ you to be nice to Patty. For some reason⟳ her back is up.”
“Now my back is up. “Yes, the witch,” I hiss.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

one's bark is worse than one's bite one's belly thinks one's throat has been cut one's blood is up one's blood runs cold one's cake is dough one's cotton socks off

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