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
Aikaterine	-	Greek, Ancient Greek
Leilani	lay-LAH-nee	Hawaiian
Theokritos	-	Ancient Greek
Esben	-	Danish, Norwegian
Zsuzsanna	ZHOO-zhawn-naw	Hungarian
Torquil	-	Scottish