get hackles up



get (one's) hackles up

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

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
MÜNİRe-Turkish
Chiamaka-Western African, Igbo
Saul[sɔ:l]
Debbora-Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Saburousah-boo-ṙo:Japanese
MiriamMIR-ee-əm (English)Hebrew, English, German, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew