get (someone's) hackles up

To become or cause to become angry, hostile, defensive, or irritable. John got his hackles up when his parents brought up the subject of college. Election season always gets my dad's hackles up.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Emmanouel	-	Biblical Greek
Torborg	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Julianne	joo-lee-AN	English
Hyacinth (2)	HIE-ə-sinth	English (Rare)
Ermo	-	Medieval Italian
Bashemath	-	Biblical