Meanings
present singular third person gets up on the wrong side of the bed · participle present getting up on the wrong side of the bed · past got up on the wrong side of the bed · UK participle past got up on the wrong side of the bed · US participle past gotten up on the wrong side of the bed
- idiomaticTo feel irritable; to be in a bad mood; to have a bad day from the start, for no particular reason.
I think my boss got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. He's been grumpy all day.
Synonyms: get out of bed on the wrong side, wake up on the wrong side of bed, wake up on the wrong side of the bed
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo feel irritable; to be in a bad mood; to have a bad day from the start, for no particular reason.
Translations
Afrikaans met die verkeerde been uit die bed klim met die verkeerde voet uit die bed klim
- met die verkeerde been uit die bed klim met die verkeerde voet uit die bed klimto feel irritable without a particular reason
Chinese Mandarin 心烦气燥
- 心烦气燥to feel irritable without a particular reason
Dutch met het verkeerde been uit bed stappen
- met het verkeerde been uit bed stappento feel irritable without a particular reason
Finnish nousta sängystä väärällä jalalla
- nousta sängystä väärällä jalallato feel irritable without a particular reason
French se lever du pied gauche
- se lever du pied gaucheto feel irritable without a particular reason
German mit dem linken Fuß zuerst aufgestanden sein, mit dem falschen Fuß aufgestanden sein
- mit dem linken Fuß zuerst aufgestanden seinto feel irritable without a particular reason
- mit dem falschen Fuß aufgestanden seinto feel irritable without a particular reason
Greek ξυπνάω ανάποδα
- ξυπνάω ανάποδα (xypnáo anápoda)to feel irritable without a particular reason
Hungarian bal lábbal kel fel
- bal lábbal kel felto feel irritable without a particular reason
Italian alzarsi con il piede sbagliato
- alzarsi con il piede sbagliatoto feel irritable without a particular reason
Norwegian stå opp på feil side av sengen
- stå opp på feil side av sengento feel irritable without a particular reason
Polish wstawać lewą nogą, wstać lewą nogą
- wstawać lewą nogąto feel irritable without a particular reason
- wstać lewą nogąto feel irritable without a particular reason
Portuguese levantar do lado errado da cama, acordar com o pé esquerdo
- levantar do lado errado da camato feel irritable without a particular reason
- acordar com o pé esquerdoto feel irritable without a particular reason
Romanian se trezi cu fața la cearșaf
- se trezi cu fața la cearșafto feel irritable without a particular reason
Spanish levantarse del lado equivocado de la cama, levantarse con el pie izquierdo
- levantarse del lado equivocado de la camato feel irritable without a particular reason
- levantarse con el pie izquierdoto feel irritable without a particular reason
Swedish vakna på fel sida
- vakna på fel sidato feel irritable without a particular reason
Turkish solundan kalkmak, tersinden kalkmak
- solundan kalkmakto feel irritable without a particular reason
- tersinden kalkmakto feel irritable without a particular reason
Ukrainian встати не з тієї ноги
- встати не з тієї ноги (vstaty ne z tijeji nohy)to feel irritable without a particular reason
Cite this entry
get up on the wrong side of the bed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20up%20on%20the%20wrong%20side%20of%20the%20bed
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