have the dirts with

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have the dirts with (third-person singular simple present has the dirts with, present participle having the dirts with, simple past and past participle had the dirts with)

  1. (slang) To resent or be angry at.
    • 2011, Caesar Campbell, Donna Campbell, Wrecking Crew, →ISBN:
      'And anyway,' he added, 'Sprocket has the dirts with ya.'
    • 2012, Adam Fraser, The Third Space, →ISBN, page 51:
      Alternatively, if I wasn't worried about anything at work I would sit in the lounge room or at the dinner table and wonder what my partner was thinking, sure that she had the dirts with me over some work issue, just because she was a bit quiet.
    • 2017 August 11, Alex McCarthy, “Neighbours recap: Elly was caught in the buff!”, in TV Week:
      It turns out that Susan has the dirts with Karl because on their way back from Thailand, Karl smuggled a durian fruit home with them.