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be like a bear with a sore head

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be like a bear with a sore head

be like a bear with a sore head [idiom]

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

be like a bear with a sore head British English informal

to be rude to people because you are feeling bad-tempered

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Idioms
like a bear with a sore ˈhead
(informal) bad-tempered or in a bad-tempered way I should keep out of his way. He’s like a bear with a sore head this morning.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 9th edition © Oxford University Press, 2015

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

be like a bear with a sore head (US ALSO like a (real) bear) INFORMAL
to be in a bad mood which 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?

British English

bad-tempered

B1 (Intermediate)