... kino ngā piropiro
1. in a bad mood, in a bad temper, in bad humour - an idiom expressing the anger or annoyance that someone is feeling. A variation is to replace hē for kino.
Kua kino ngā piropiro o tērā rā, he kore nōna i eke ki te tauwhāinga whakamutunga (HKK 1999:91). / That one over there is in a bad mood because she didn't make the finals.
I poto noa iho tana moe, koinā e hē nā ngā piropiro (HJ 2012:37). / He only had a short sleep, that's why he's in a bad mood.
