get on someone's bad side

English

Alternative forms

get on someone's wrong side

Verb

get on someone's bad side (third-person singular simple present gets on someone's bad side, present participle getting on someone's bad side, simple past got on someone's bad side, past participle (UK) got on someone's bad side or (US) gotten on someone's bad side)

To do something to upset or anger somebody.
You don't want to get on that guy's bad side. He loses his temper very quickly and easily.

Antonym: get on someone's good side

Translations

Finnish: saada joku näyttämään huonoa puoltaan (literally “to make someone show their bad side”)
French: se mettre à dos (fr), s’attirer les foudres de

References

“get on someone's bad side”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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