Feathers
81smooth someone's ruffled feathers — smooth (someone 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 …
82smooth ruffled feathers — smooth (someone 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 …
83(the) feathers fly — American if the feathers fly, people fight or argue a lot. The feathers ll fly if he finds out you ve borrowed his car …
84get your feathers in a bunch — If you get your feathers in a bunch, you get upset or angry about something …
85ruffle a few feathers — If you ruffle a few feathers, you annoy some people when making changes or improvements …
86spitting feathers — Adj. 1. Thirsty. E.g. Let s stop at the next cafe, I m spitting feathers. 2. Frantic, fretful, agitated. E.g. She was spitting feathers after those kids smashed her front window …
87make the feathers fly — To create a turmoil or uproar • • • Main Entry: ↑feather make the feathers fly see under ↑feather • • • Main Entry: ↑fly …
88ruffle somebody's few feathers — ruffle sb s/a few ˈfeathers idiom (informal) to annoy or upset sb or a group of people • The senator s speech ruffled a few feathers in the business world. Main entry: ↑ruffleidiom …
89ruffle a few feathers — ruffle sb s/a few ˈfeathers idiom (informal) to annoy or upset sb or a group of people • The senator s speech ruffled a few feathers in the business world. Main entry: ↑ruffleidiom …
90fine feathers do not make fine birds — {literary} A person who wears fine clothes may not be as good as he looks. A proverb. * /Mary is pretty and she wears pretty clothes, but she is very mean. Fine feathers do not make fine birds./ Compare: HANDSOME IS AS HANDSOME DOES …