rattle someone's cage
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rattle someone's cage — (informal) To stir someone up to anger or excitement • • • Main Entry: ↑rattle * * * rattle someone’s cage humorous phrase to make someone angry or upset Who rattled his cage? Thesaurus: to make someone angry or annoyed … Useful english dictionary
rattle someone's cage — rattle (someone s) cage to make someone angry on purpose, often in order to make them seem silly. She tried to rattle his cage with questions about his failed army career … New idioms dictionary
rattle someone's cage — vb to provoke, disturb, rouse. A phrase in mainly working class usage which, like others ( drop off the perch , sick as a par rot , etc.), uses the imagery of a caged bird or animal. The expression usually forms part of a provocative rhetorical… … Contemporary slang
rattle someone's cage — humorous to make someone angry or upset Who rattled his cage? … English dictionary
rattle someone's — ● cage … Useful english dictionary
rattle cage — rattle (someone s) cage to make someone angry on purpose, often in order to make them seem silly. She tried to rattle his cage with questions about his failed army career … New idioms dictionary
rattle — rat|tle1 [ rætl ] verb 1. ) intransitive if something rattles, it makes short sharp knocking sounds as it moves or shakes: The house shook and the doors and windows rattled. There s something rattling in the bottom of that box. a ) transitive to… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
rattle — I UK [ˈræt(ə)l] / US verb Word forms rattle : present tense I/you/we/they rattle he/she/it rattles present participle rattling past tense rattled past participle rattled 1) a) [intransitive] if something rattles, it makes short sharp knocking… … English dictionary
rattle — [v1] bang, jiggle bicker, bounce, clack, clatter, drum, jangle, jar, jolt, jounce, knock, shake, shatter, sound, vibrate; concepts 65,152 rattle [v2] talk aimlessly, endlessly babble, cackle, chat, chatter, clack, gab, gabble, gush, jabber, jaw,… … New thesaurus
rattle — rat|tle1 [ˈrætl] v [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Probably from Middle Low German ratelen] 1.) [I and T] if you rattle something, or if it rattles, it shakes and makes a quick series of short sounds ▪ Dan banged on her door and rattled the handle. ▪… … Dictionary of contemporary English
