Expression of the Day

put (someone's) nose out of joint
deixar (alguém) chateado - insultar ou causar aborrecimento a alguém. (Put (someone's) nose out of joint; Put someone's nose out of joint). "Suzan put my nose out of joint when she was born and I had disliked her intensely for the first three years of her life." (Mulrooney, 2015). (Suzan me deixou chateado quando nasceu e eu não gostava muito dela durante os três primeiros anos de sua vida.)

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1. MULROONEY, Gretta. My Own Sweet Way. [S.l.]: Lulu.com, 2015. 138 p. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3hoMXa3. Acesso em: (acesso). Acesso em: 12 set. 2021.
2. PUT (SOMEONE'S) NOSE OUT OF JOINT. In: Nose Idioms and Quizzes: Nose Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3BLH9Pu. Acesso em: 9 set. 2021.
3. PUT SOMEONE'S NOSE OUT OF JOINT. What is the translation of "put someone's nose out of joint" in Portuguese? In: Bab.la, 2023. Disponível em: http://bit.ly/3z58o5N. Acesso em: 12 set. 2021.

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