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 ]
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