Put the wind up everybody.

（みんなをイライラさせたよ。）
　BBCドラマ「シャーロック」エピソード2 "The Blind Banker" より。学生時代の思い出をワトスンに語るセバスチャン。みんなの隠したいことをズバズバ言い当てるホームズが嫌だった、と。

• "put the wind up somebody"という形で「〜をイライラさせる、怖がらせる」という意味に（if you put the wind up someone, you make them feel anxious or frightened.／to frighten or alarm／to make someone feel nervous or frightened／to make someone feel anxious about their situation）。英国的用法。
• なんとなく、put the wind up のあとに前置詞（toとかonとか）を入れたくなっちゃうんだけど、入らないんだね。
  • The threat of legal action will be enough to put the wind up them.
  • The talk of redundancies has put the wind up us. ※redundancy：過剰、余分、冗長
  • I tried to put the wind up him by threatening to call the police.
  • Say you'll take him to court if he doesn't pay up - that should put the wind up him.
• "get/have the wind up"とすると「怖がる、心配する」という意味に（If you get the wind up, you become anxious or frightened／to become frightened／to become nervous or frightened）。英国的用法。
  • When he saw his opponent he got the wind up.　※opponent：対抗者、相手、敵
  • When they started questioning him, he got the wind up.
• 動詞でも同じような意味で使うことがある。英国的用法。
  • She just knows how to wind me up.
  • Please don’t wind him up. He causes me enough trouble.