get hackles up



get (one's) hackles up

To be extremely insulted or irritated.
See also: get, hackle, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Fallon-English (Modern)
MariËLle-Dutch
Spas-Bulgarian
Redmund-Irish
Curtis['kə:tis]
Amir (2)ah-MEERHebrew