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put someone's nose out of joint idiom informal to offend or upset someone, especially by getting something that that person wanted for himself or herself: (尤指因夺人所爱而)冒犯,激怒(某人) John's nose was really put out of joint when Jane was promoted and he wasn't.简得到提升而约翰却没有,他为此鼻子都气歪了。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Making people sad, shocked and upset aback amiss appal be laughing on the other side of your faceidiom bite bum gnaw haunt heartbreaker heartbreakingly hit/touch a (raw) nerveidiom nerve self-laceration sensitivity shake someone out of something shake someone up shake/rock something to its foundationsidiom shattering tear toxic
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