🐦 Bird
"Ruffle someone's feathers"
Meaning
To annoy or upset someone.
About the bird
Birds move freely and are early risers, so their idioms cover freedom, gossip, and getting a head start.
Example sentence
His joke ruffled her feathers, so he quickly apologized.
Test yourself
Which idiom means...
To annoy or upset someone.
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