your, his, etc. hackles rise
(one's) hackles rise
One becomes greatly irritated, annoyed, or aggravated. The disrespect he showed our professor during class made my hackles rise so badly that I had to go take a walk to calm down. I could see her hackles rising at the suggestion of reducing her hours at work.
See also: hackle, rise
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
your, his, etc. ˈhackles rise
become angry: Ben felt his hackles rise as the speaker continued.See also: hackle, rise
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- (one's) hackles rise
- hackle
- make (someone's) hackles rise
- make somebody's hackles rise
- make someone's hackles rise
- raise (one's) hackles
- raise one's hackles
- raise someone's hackles
- rise
- raise one's hackles, to