🐻 Bear

"Like a bear with a sore head"

Meaning

Very grumpy or bad-tempered.

About the bear

Bears are large, powerful, and can turn short-tempered fast, which is where idioms about strength, gruffness, and hibernation come from.

Example sentence

Dad was like a bear with a sore head before his morning tea.

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Which idiom means...

Very grumpy or bad-tempered.

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