October 28, 2010

Idiom: rub (someone) the wrong way

"rub (someone) the wrong way"

Meaning: irritate someone; bother or annoy someone

Example: Our neighbor plays loud music every morning. The noise sometimes rubs me the wrong way.


Last week's idioms:
every other
fender-bender
get on (one's) nerves
hassle (verb)
in the black