- Ruffle a few feathers
- If you ruffle a few feathers, you annoy some people when making changes or improvements.
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Ruffle a few feathers
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ruffle a few feathers — If you ruffle a few feathers, you annoy some people when making changes or improvements … The small dictionary of idiomes
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