get hackles up



get (one's) hackles up

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

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Tihomir-Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian
Rupertoroo-PER-toSpanish
Taikitah-ee-keeJapanese
Neemias-Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Soroush-Persian Mythology, Persian
Duygu-Turkish