很多毛茸茸的小动物都喜欢被人爱抚的感觉。短语 “rub someone up the wrong way” 原本指 “猫会因为人们从下往上逆着抚摸它们身上毛而感到恼火”。现在，人们用表达 “rub someone up the wrong way” 来表示 “无意间惹怒某人，触怒某人”。

• His voice just rubs me up the wrong way – it's so annoying.
  他的嗓音听着就让我很生气，实在太烦人了。
• My boss keeps pretending to be friendly. It really rubs me up the wrong way.
  我上司总是假装很友好。这让我特别生气。
• She never stops asking me questions and it just rubs me up the wrong way.
  她老是问我问题，这可把我惹火了。