raise\ hackles

raise\ hackles
• raise hackles
• raise one's hackles
v. phr.
To make (someone) upset or annoyed; arouse hostility.

Attempts to add new ingredients to the beer raised hackles among all the old brew masters.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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