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Jimmy Hung
2022-02-24 09:02
Put (one's) nose out of joint phrase informal
The verb "get" can be substituted for the verb "put".
If something/someone "puts someone's nose out of joint", it/he/she makes them feel upset, angry, or annoyed.
He was put nose out of joint by a newcomer who cheated him.
What has put your nose out of joint lately? Tell me, so that I could help.
How was your date? It put your nose out of joint?
The verb "put" should be conjugated according to its tense.
The earliest form of this idiom, first recorded in 1581, was thrust one's nose out of joint, with put appearing shortly thereafter. Presumably, all these expressions allude to the face-distorting grimace made by one who is displeased.
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