Olenek
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Hi,
I've found some idioms meaning "to irritate or annoy someone":
1) "To get/put someone's back up";
2) "To get someone's dander up" (some people say "gander up");
3) "To ruffle someone’s feathers";
4) "To raise someone’s hackles";
5) "To make someone's blood boil";
6) "To get someone’s goat";
7) "To get on someone’s wick";
8) "To get in someone’s hair";
9) "To drive someone up the wall";
10) "To drive someone to a fury";
11) "To be like a red rag to a bull".
Which of these idioms do you use/ hear?
Do you use other phrases with the same sense?
Many Thanks for all your answers!
I've found some idioms meaning "to irritate or annoy someone":
1) "To get/put someone's back up";
2) "To get someone's dander up" (some people say "gander up");
3) "To ruffle someone’s feathers";
4) "To raise someone’s hackles";
5) "To make someone's blood boil";
6) "To get someone’s goat";
7) "To get on someone’s wick";
8) "To get in someone’s hair";
9) "To drive someone up the wall";
10) "To drive someone to a fury";
11) "To be like a red rag to a bull".
Which of these idioms do you use/ hear?
Do you use other phrases with the same sense?
Many Thanks for all your answers!