单词 | raise one's hackles |
释义 | 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] Words nearby raise one's hacklesraised beach, raised bog, raise eyebrows, raise havoc, raise hell, raise one's hackles, raise one's sights, raise one's voice, raise the ante, raise the curtain, raise the devil The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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