Idiom
raise someone's shag
Meaning
To anger or annoy someone.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“His constant complaining really raises my shag.”
“Please stop tapping your pen on the desk because it is starting to raise my shag.”
“The politician's dismissive attitude toward the public's concerns served only to raise the shag of the already frustrated voters.”
Examples
simple
“His constant complaining really raises my shag.”
contextual
“Please stop tapping your pen on the desk because it is starting to raise my shag.”
complex
“The politician's dismissive attitude toward the public's concerns served only to raise the shag of the already frustrated voters.”
Origin
Derived from the physical response of an animal when it is angry or alarmed, specifically the standing up of the hair on the nape of the neck. It functions as a variant of the more common phrase raise someone's hackles.
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