nose out of joint

A phrase said of one who is upset, usually due to another's actions or words. Yeah, she's got her nose out of joint, but I don't think I said anything that offensive. It's not a big deal—don't get your nose out of joint!

See also: joint, nose, of, out

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

See also:

poke one's nose into, to
beck and call
57
under the thumb of (someone)
under thumb
under (one's) thumb
under somebody's thumb
under someone’s thumb
under someone's thumb
a penny for them

References in periodicals archive

I find myself in the unfamiliar position of not getting my episcopal nose out of joint about the issues you openly, frankly, and honestly confront, nor the editorial positions you take.

Kudos

词组	nose out of joint
释义	nose out of joint nose out of joint A phrase said of one who is upset, usually due to another's actions or words. Yeah, she's got her nose out of joint, but I don't think I said anything that offensive. It's not a big deal—don't get your nose out of joint! See also: joint, nose, of, out Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: poke one's nose into, to beck and call 57 under the thumb of (someone) under thumb under (one's) thumb under somebody's thumb under someone’s thumb under someone's thumb a penny for them References in periodicals archive I find myself in the unfamiliar position of not getting my episcopal nose out of joint about the issues you openly, frankly, and honestly confront, nor the editorial positions you take. Kudos
随便看	ah a hair across (one's) ass a hair in the butter a hair of the dog a hair's breadth a hair shirt a halfway house a-ha moment a hand for (someone or something) a handful a hand in a hand in (something) a handle on a handle to (one's) name a hand like a foot a hand's turn a hand with a hand with (something) a hanging offence a happy bunny a happy camper a happy hunting ground a happy medium a harbinger of things to come a hard act to follow