to ruffle sb's feathers

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• ruffle someone's feathers — To upset or offend someone • • • Main Entry: ↑feather * * * ruffle someone’s feathers informal phrase to make someone feel worried or annoyed You can imagine how that ruffled Beryl’s feathers! Thesaurus: to make someone angry or annoyed …   Useful english dictionary

• ruffle someone's feathers — ruffle (someone s) feathers to make someone annoyed or upset. Her spokeswoman wouldn t say whether the lawsuit has ruffled the singer s feathers. He tries not to ruffle feathers, and people seem to like to work with him. Usage notes: sometimes… …   New idioms dictionary

• ruffle a few feathers — If you ruffle a few feathers, you annoy some people when making changes or improvements …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• ruffle a few feathers —    If you ruffle a few feathers, you annoy some people when making changes or improvements.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• Ruffle a few feathers —   If you ruffle a few feathers, you annoy some people when making changes or improvements …   Dictionary of English idioms

• ruffle a few feathers — ruffle sb s/a few ˈfeathers idiom (informal) to annoy or upset sb or a group of people • The senator s speech ruffled a few feathers in the business world. Main entry: ↑ruffleidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• ruffle\ one's\ feathers — v. phr. Insult or disturb slightly; offend. The author ruffled some feathers by his portrait of his hometown …   Словарь американских идиом

• ruffle someone's feathers — informal to make someone feel worried or annoyed You can imagine how that ruffled Beryl s feathers! …   English dictionary

• ruffle feathers — ruffle (someone s) feathers to make someone annoyed or upset. Her spokeswoman wouldn t say whether the lawsuit has ruffled the singer s feathers. He tries not to ruffle feathers, and people seem to like to work with him. Usage notes: sometimes… …   New idioms dictionary

• ruffle — ruffle1 [ruf′əl] vt. ruffled, ruffling [ME ruffelen < ON or MLowG, as in LowG, ON hrufla, to scratch] 1. to take away the smoothness of; wrinkle; ripple [wind ruffling the water] 2. to gather into ruffles 3. to put ruffles on as trimming 4 …   English World dictionary

• ruffle — [[t]rʌ̱f(ə)l[/t]] ruffles, ruffling, ruffled 1) VERB If you ruffle someone s hair, you move your hand backwards and forwards through it as a way of showing your affection towards them. [V n] Don t let that get you down, he said ruffling Ben s… …   English dictionary