Shirty

Definition

shirty /'ʃɜ:ti/ adj ~ (with sb/sth) ( infml esp Brit ) ေဒါသ ျဖစ္ေသာ။ ကြၽဲၿမီးတိုေသာ။ Don't get shirty with me!

Examples

1. ‘Let's briefly savour the delicious irony of a magazine for advertising executives getting shirty because someone has ‘grabbed the money and run’.’
2. ‘I reckoned if they decided to get shirty and chuck me out
3. the gig was over anyway
4. so what did I have to lose?’
5. ‘Suppose Toby's saying something shirty to his boss makes his boss feel that he may have to take a difficult decision about him.’
6. ‘But the most disturbing aspect of his investigation is the way it has taken a celebrity chef to get shirty before anyone seems to have noticed what we are feeding our children.’
7. ‘My own husband
8. who is more realistic about his profession than most
9. gets a little shirty when I express myself so bluntly.’
10. ‘He got very shirty
11. and there were even legal threats.’
12. ‘He'd get a wee bit shirty
13. like you'd just spat on his baby
14. and tell you that we'd be finished in a few minutes so we'd best just press on ahead.’
15. ‘The script in these situations normally follows a rather different plot: a diver receives treatment
16. argues the toss
17. gets a bit shirty
18. and jumps back in the water after a row with the boat skipper.’
19. ‘Nowadays the scourge of the left
20. he regards liberals as the first cousins of communists and gets shirty whenever anyone reminds him that once upon a time he was a Black Panther groupie.’
21. ‘No matter what pressure you're under do not get shirty.’
22. ‘My husband got a bit shirty on Friday night when I had a group of friends round for dinner.’
23. ‘I couldn't stand there and risk someone being a bit shirty with him so I touched him lightly on the arm and indicated that he should stand on the right.’
24. ‘We know a family when we see it
25. but get quite shirty when someone else tries to tell us how it should operate.’
26. ‘As lazy and uninspired a choice it is to just remake an old film or TV series
27. this trend does has one hilarious plus point - all the old stars keep getting all shirty about being replaced.’
28. ‘Would his publisher get shirty if he signed an electronic contract?’
29. ‘Funny enough
30. if I ask other people about their reasons for watching/reading the news
31. they get shirty and look at me like I'm crazy. ‘It's important to be informed!’’
32. ‘Some friendly letters come back and these horrible bigots get shirty and make remarks about teeth
33. for Christ's sake.’
34. ‘Her boss got quite shirty with me; until I started asking who her boss is so I could make a complaint.’