raise one's hackles

raise (one's) hackles

To greatly irritate, annoy, or aggravate one. The disrespect he showed our professor during class raised my hackles so badly that I had to go take a walk to calm down. The politician has a gift for raising his opponents' hackles during debates.

raise one's hackles

Make 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]

raise one's hackles, to

To arouse one’s anger. The hackles are the hair on the back of an animal’s neck that sticks straight up with excitement, fear, or other strong emotion. “With the hackles up,” meaning on the point of fighting, was transferred to humans in the late nineteenth century. “I almost saw the hackles of a good old squire rise,” wrote Edward Pennell-Elmhirst (The Cream of Leicestershire, 1883).

词组	raise one's hackles
释义	raise one's hackles raise (one's) hackles To greatly irritate, annoy, or aggravate one. The disrespect he showed our professor during class raised my hackles so badly that I had to go take a walk to calm down. The politician has a gift for raising his opponents' hackles during debates. See also: hackle, raise Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. raise one's hackles Make 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] See also: hackle, raise The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. raise one's hackles, to To arouse one’s anger. The hackles are the hair on the back of an animal’s neck that sticks straight up with excitement, fear, or other strong emotion. “With the hackles up,” meaning on the point of fighting, was transferred to humans in the late nineteenth century. “I almost saw the hackles of a good old squire rise,” wrote Edward Pennell-Elmhirst (The Cream of Leicestershire, 1883). See also: raise The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: raise (one's) hackles raise someone's hackles make (someone's) hackles rise make somebody's hackles rise make someone's hackles rise your, his, etc. hackles rise (one's) hackles rise hackle put (one's) teeth on edge make (one's) teeth itch References in periodicals archive The alleged finding of larvae in powder milk some time back did raise one's hackles. But such revelations seem to have become routine these days with the initial dismay at the 'shocking finding' translating into an anger that soon gives way to a feeling of exasperation faced with the sheer enormity of the situation. THE 2-MINUTE DILEMMA To know a common mistake is to raise one's hackles on each and every occasion of its perpetration. Letter: Keep faults to yourself
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