hackles Idiom
shackles
get one's hackles up
Idiom(s): get someone's dander up AND get someone's back up; get sb's hackles up; get sb's Irish upTheme: INCITE - ANGER
to make someone get angry.
• Now, don't get your dander up. Calm down.
• I insulted him and really got his hackles up.
• Bob had his Irish up all day yesterday. I don't know what was wrong.
• She really got her back up when I asked her for money.
• Now, now, don't get your hackles up. I didn't mean any harm.
raise one's hackles|hackle|hackles|raise|raise hac
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.hackles
hacklessee raise one's hackles.
raise one's hackles
raise one's hacklesMake one very angry, as in That really raised my hackles when he pitched straight at the batter's head. Hackles are the hairs on the back of an animal's neck, which stick up when the animal feels fearful or angry. [Late 1800s]
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