raise\ one's\ hackles

raise\ one's\ hackles
• raise hackles
• raise one's hackles
v. phr.
To make (someone) upset or annoyed; arouse hostility.

Attempts to add new ingredients to the beer raised hackles among all the old brew masters.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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  • raise hackles — or[raise one s hackles] {v. phr.} To make (someone) upset or annoyed; arouse hostility. * /Attempts to add new ingredients to the beer raised hackles among all the old brew masters./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • raise hackles — or[raise one s hackles] {v. phr.} To make (someone) upset or annoyed; arouse hostility. * /Attempts to add new ingredients to the beer raised hackles among all the old brew masters./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

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  • bristle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hair, stubble. v. i. stand, stick up; stiffen. See sharpness, resentment, roughness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. hair, fiber, quill, seta; see hair 2 , point 2 , thorn . v. 1. [To display in abundance]… …   English dictionary for students

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