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单词 to rub the wrong way
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to rub the wrong way
P8. to rub the wrong way [with reference to stroking a cat against the lie of its fur] : to annoy, irritate (a person). Cf. sense 5a and to rub (a person, etc.) up the wrong way at Phrasal verbs.
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1834 T. Hood Tylney Hall II. i. 26 Nobody wanted to rub you the wrong way, and yet you begin swearing and spitting.
1883 J. Hawthorne Dust xxviii Philip..was always rubbed the wrong way by Lady Flanders.
1961 Insurance Salesman Jan. 47/1 One of our clerks was a snippy, opinionated girl who kept everything unsettled and rubbed everyone the wrong way.
2007 N.Y. Mag. 2 Apr. 42/2 I got off to a bad start with the teacher. Maybe my helicopter parenting style rubbed her the wrong way.
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