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	Pronounced	Usage
Roger	RAH-jər (English), ro-ZHE (French)	English, French, Catalan, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch
ĐOrĐE	-	Serbian
Bairre	-	Irish
Mahinder	-	Indian (Sikh)
Kim (2)	KEEM (Finnish)	Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish
Sachiko	sah-chee-ko	Japanese