10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RUB UP THE WRONG WAY»
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rub up the wrong way in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions: Second Edition
Rub their hands Express excitement or hopeful anticipation.* Rub their nose in it
Humiliate by making something unpleasant or embarrassing even more
unpleasant or embarrassing.* Rub up against Meet.* Rub up the wrong way
Annoy.
Ian Stuart-Hamilton, 2006
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wrong way about it. KM • T>£3iJlt9 ffn4« • ) [irL&^£l"]fc#R£ <□ ] rubbish heap on
the rubbish heap CP] WSSfflaJt^ *Sfg Rubicon to cross the Rubicon W. CROSS ...
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Idiomatic Expressions with English Grammar' 99 Ed.
... RUB UP AGAINST — RUB UP THE WRONG WAY — RUBBER CHECK —
RUBBER STAMP — RUDE AWAKENING — to convince somebody of the
mistake he has made to polish; to revive one's knowledge of a subject to have
contact with; ...
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
89, 2001 • rub up the wrong way to annoy someone UK, ;«62 • [Y]ou ought to
know by now that you've rubbed so many people up the wrong way that the
blame is yours to take. —Desmond Guiifoyie, The Charisma Effect, p. 197, 2002 •
rub ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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Divided by a Common Language: A Guide to British and ...
... razz someone take the mickey out of someone ride shotgun (verb) to ride in the
passenger seat right on spot on/bang on rub elbows with rub shoulders with +
rub the wrong way rub up the wrong way Rube Goldberg device Heath Robinson
...
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The Chambers Dictionary
... rub out to erase; to murder (slang); rub shoulders to come into social contact (
with); rub someone's nose in it (colloq) to remind someone insistently of a
mistake, fault, misdeed, etc; rub (or rub up) the wrong way to irritate by tactless
handling; ...
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The Nelson Contemporary English Dictionary
... to kill rub shoulders with to meet rub up the wrong way to irritate rubber1 (rub'
erl n 1 an elastic substance made from latex 2 something used for rubbing 3 an
eraser rubber stamp approval given to a plan without proper consideration
rubber2 ...
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
... rankle with, nettle, needle, ruffle someone's feathers, stroke someone's hair the
wrong way, make someone's hackles rise, try someone's patience; jar on, grate
on; Brit. rub up the wrong way; informal aggravate, get, get to, bug, miff, peeve, ...
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The Larry Diaries: Downing Street -
The First 100 Days
In the event, everyone stayed on their feet, but I managed to make a mess of a
few trouser legs — rub me up the wrong way, mate, and I'll rub up the wrong way
against you. DC was what Mrs C would call 'clubbable', charming the most hostile
...
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Advanced Learner's Dictionary
rub out to erase. rub shoulders wtth to associate with: The ideal candidate will be
someone who has rubbed shoulders with the long-term unemployed for several
years rub (up) the wrong way to arouse the anger of; irritate or annoy.
