Get Your Dander Up
Meaning
To get excitedly angry – into a temper. Example
Don’t get your dander up – I’m only doing my job!
Origin
The phrase has Dutch origins where op donderen means to burst into a sudden rage. This, in turn, comes from Donder-Thunder.
Alternative: Donder op! in Dutch means: Get out of here! or hop it! Of course, we only say this after we burst into a sudden rage.
