Up a height is Geordie for being in a state of agitation — angry, flustered, or wound up about something. If someone's up a height over the match result or a parking ticket, they're not taking it well. The phrase has both a literal sense (physically high up) and the far more common figurative use meaning emotionally elevated, i.e., losing the plot. It perfectly captures that Geordie tendency to express big emotions with understated geography.
She was absolutely up a height when she found out the landlord had put the rent up again.
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(Geordie, idiomatic, literally) High up.
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(Geordie, idiomatic, figuratively) Upset, angry.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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