cut up rough
verb1
Colloquial, Idiomatic To become angry; to make a fuss.
- As anticipated, however, the Parlement cut up rough over a new stamp duty on public and printed documents […]2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 385:
- Third, while there is no immediate risk of Greece being kicked out of the club, such a threat could materialise if German taxpayers were to cut up rough and exert real political pressure on Angela Merkel's government.2011 June 21, Larry Elliott, The Guardian:
- Synonyms
- cut up nasty