| 单词 | rub the wrong way |
| 释义 | rub the wrong waySEE SYNONYMS FOR rub the wrong way ON THESAURUS.COM Irritate, annoy, as in His remarks about welfare rubbed a great many people the wrong way. This idiom alludes to rubbing an animal's fur in the wrong direction. [Mid-1800s] Also see ruffle someone's feathers. Words nearby rub the wrong wayrubricyte, rubrospinal decussation, rubrum lily, rub someone's nose in it, rubstone, rub the wrong way, Rubtsovsk, rub up, rub up on, ruby, ruby-crowned kinglet The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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