ruffle someone's feathers

相關詞: ruffle

成語

Definition

  1. To irritate or annoy someone, often by challenging their pride or status.

    惹怒(某人)

    • He always says things on purpose to ruffle his colleagues' feathers.

      他總是故意說一些話來惹惱他的同事。

    • The sharp criticism in the review clearly ruffled the artist's feathers.

      評論中的尖銳批評顯然惹惱了那位藝術家。

    • I thought I was just asking a question, I didn’t mean to ruffle any feathers.

      我以為我只是問了一個問題,沒想到會惹怒任何人。