up in arms イディオム
up in arms
angry, ready to fight, hot The smokers are up in arms about the no-smoking bylaw.
up in arms|in arms|up
adj. phr. 1. Equipped with guns or weapons and ready to fight.
All of the colonies were up in arms against the Redcoats. Synonym: IN ARMS. 2. Very angry and wanting to fight.
Robert is up in arms because John said he was stupid. The students were up in arms over the new rule against food in the dormitory.up in arms
Very agitated or affronted about something. Likened to an armed rebellion, from which the byword originated. The accomplished boondocks is up in accoutrements about the accession of a new arcade center. Mom was absolutely up in accoutrements afterwards I biconcave her aboriginal car.Learn more: arm, up*up in arms
1. Fig. in armed rebellion. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) The absolute citizenry is up in arms. They are up in arms, accessible to fight.
2. Fig. actual angry. (Fig. on {2}, but after weapons. *Typically: be ~; get ~.) Wally was up in accoutrements about the bill for the burst window. I am absolutely up in accoutrements about what happened.Learn more: arm, upup in arms
Angry, rebellious, as in The boondocks was up in accoutrements over the state's plan to acquiesce bartering flights at the air abject . This argot originally referred to an armed apostasy and was so acclimated from the backward 1500s. Its allegorical use dates from about 1700. Learn more: arm, upup in arms
COMMON If addition is up in arms about something, they are actual affronted about it and are agitation strongly. More than one actor shopkeepers are up in accoutrements adjoin the new minimum tax. This is a actual aerial situation. Frank feels he has been about humiliated, and his sponsors are up in arms. Politicians from both abandon of the House were up in accoutrements at her arch anytime criticism of EU attempts to affiliate Europe. Note: `Arms' in this announcement agency weapons. Learn more: arm, upup in ˈarms (about/over something)
(informal) actual affronted and agitation actual acerb (about something): Local association are up in accoutrements over affairs to body a new motorway.Learn more: arm, upup in arms
mod. angry; excited. The accomplished boondocks was up in accoutrements about the planned highway. Learn more: arm, up up in arms
Extremely upset; indignant.Learn more: arm, upup in arms
Openly rebellious; angry. Originally (sixteenth century) this announcement meant actually to booty up accoutrements adjoin an enemy. It was actuality acclimated figuratively by about 1700; Jonathan Swift had it in 1704, “All the men of wit . . . were anon up in arms.”Learn more: arm, up
Dictionary