To become or cause to become angry, hostile, defensive, or irritable.
John got his hackles up when his parents brought up the subject of college.
Election season always gets my dad's hackles up.

Ощетиниваться, вставать на дыбы, спускать всех собак, срываться с цепи

Jack's had his hackles up ever since you left ( Read more... )

Origin:
In The Life of a Bum, published in 1990, the Charles Bukowski character Harry pushed his friend Monk in front of a bus, and then stole Monk's wallet while Monk lay unconscious and probably dying in the street.


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брать на себя оплату счета (в ресторане)

Gamblers put many fine phrases into the word-kitty. 'Deal' itself became the power behind phrases such as 'new deal', 'square deal', 'fair deal', 'raw deal', 'big deal'; 'you bet!', 'put up or shut up!', 'I'll call your bluff' were first heard around the American card table, perhaps on a river boat gliding down to New Orleans. Thanks to these ( Read more... )

fell out of the ugly tree (and hit every branch on the way down)

страшнее атомной войны, крокодил, урод(ина), страхолюдина (о внешности)

больной; грустный, в беде; в затруднительном положении; нездоровый

Сидеть с помытой шеей

(о распитии алкоголя)
дать фору
дать 100 очков вперед

I like a few beers but Mel can drink me under the table.
Я люблю пропустить пару бутылочек пива, но Мэл в этом может дать мне фору.

отсюда

здравствуйте ( Read more... )

-Мда, не быть тебе Моцартом/Пугачевой/Паганини/etc. в зависимости от контекста ( Read more... )