rub someone up the wrong way

Related to word: rub

Idiom

Definition

  1. To unintentionally irritate or offend someone; to cause annoyance.

    (無意間)惹惱某人

    • She always seems to rub her colleagues up the wrong way without meaning to.

      她似乎總是在無意間惹惱她的同事。

    • His know-it-all attitude tends to rub people up the wrong way.

      他自以為是的態度往往會惹惱別人。

    • I tried to be friendly, but it seemed like everything I did rubbed him up the wrong way.

      我試著友善一點,但似乎我做的每件事都惹惱了他。