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单词 rattle someone's cage (or chain)
释义

rattle someone's cage (or chain)

informal Anger or irritate someone: put the pressure on him—rattle his cage...
  • I should like to ask Tom Lubbock: who rattled your cage?
  • As The Jackhammer rattled my cage with uppercuts and hooks to the temple, I defended myself, but only made a nominal effort to punch back.
  • It appears to have rattled my cage significantly.

Synonyms

anger, annoy, antagonize, provoke, vex, irritate, offend
informal aggravate, rile, needle, get someone's back up, make someone's hackles rise, rub up the wrong way, ruffle someone's feathers, get up someone's nose, get in someone's hair, get someone's dander up, get under someone's skin
British informal nark, get on someone's wick
See parent entry: rattle
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