| 单词 | ruffle someone's feathers |
| 释义 | ruffle someone's feathersAnnoy or offend someone, as in Calling him a tightwad really ruffled his feathers. This term alludes to the stiffened, upright feathers of an angry bird. [Mid-1800s] Words nearby ruffle someone's feathersruffianism, Ruffini's corpuscle, ruffle, ruffled, ruffler, ruffle someone's feathers, Rufisque, rufiyaa, rufous, rufous hummingbird, rufter hood 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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