| 单词 | to ruffle feathers |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto ruffle (a person's) feathers to ruffle (a person's) feathers and variants: to upset, disturb, or anger a person; cf. sense 4b. ΚΠ 1829 Free Trade Advocat 7 Nov. 299/1 He knew that if he ruffled the feathers of the political game-cocks, they would prepare themselves for fight. 1842 Sporting Mag. May 15 This liberty of action ruffled the feathers of my temper. 1902 Locomotive Engineers Jrnl. Jan. 45/2 Without wishing to ruffle anybody's feathers, I only desire to draw attention to a much neglected subject. 1962 Times 25 Apr. 4/7 It was the Chilean's soft ball game that ruffled his opponent's feathers. 1989 G. Daly Pre-Raphaelites in Love vi. 324 Perhaps by insisting on too much change too quickly, she ruffled quite a few feathers. 2006 Independent 5 June 14/3 The book..is said to have ruffled feathers among the publishing giant's bigwigs. < as lemmas |
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