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smooth ruffled feathers
smooth (somebody's) ruffled feathers
to try to make someone feel less angry or upset, especially after an argument I spent the afternoon smoothing ruffled feathers and trying to convince people to give the talks another chance.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Timothy | | ['timəθi] | |
| Tania | | TAHN-yə (English), TAN-yə (English), TAH-nyah (Italian) | English, Italian |
| 'Iyyov | | - | Biblical Hebrew |
| Aracely | | - | Spanish |
| Basmath | | BAS-math (English) | Biblical, Biblical Latin |
| Wasyl | | - | Ukrainian |