Sentences with phrase «to ruffle feathers»

The title of this piece alone is enough to ruffle the feathers of the die - hard believers in the cash - and - carry lifestyle.

It's his wish list, and the declaration didn't ruffle any feathers in the room.

Don't ruffle feathers, keep the people happy so the money keeps coming the complaints stay at a minimum.

The potential removal of the physical audio jack on the S8 will undoubtedly ruffle feathers.

Why ruffle feathers and give users a reason to not upgrade when you're already in need of big sales?

Seems to me they are out to convert or simply ruffle feathers.

At the end of the day i don't care and interracial dating will always ruffle feathers.

It didn't take long to ruffle some feathers in the land of the red.

Being the second child and all, this didn't ruffle our feathers, as I think we're starting to get the hang of some of this developmental stuff.

AG Candidate Ruffles Feathers With His Designated «Occupation»»

As the de Blasio administration seeks to meet its ambitious affordable housing goals and, in that effort, pass significant changes to the city's zoning rules, Diaz Jr. has emerged as the loudest opponent of the plans, further ruffling feathers at City Hall after several previous high - profile disagreements this year.

Can that family member or friend or relative take that property off of your hands without ruffling the feathers of the bank?

NIH may be able to smooth ruffled feathers by coordinating its actions on several fronts, say Pickett and other authors, who include the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania's Jeremy Berg, a former director of NIH's general medical sciences institute.

This might ruffle the feathers of people who take public transit and can only spare one hand to turn pages effectively.

But every winner ruffles some feathers along the way, and Bobby isn't shy about sticking it to the District Attorney's office and the police.

This is a distinct shift from Infiniti models of old, and will no doubt ruffle some feathers among certain enthusiasts, but it will also broaden the brand's appeal to many more buyers.

Given how fresh the wounds of Fitbit's acquisition of Pebble still are, this Cronologics assimilation might ruffle feathers as well, though to a smaller effect.

Treiber offered his first rounders a 20 percent discount, which ruffled no feathers when he partnered with institutional investors two years later.

Keane left in a hurry and really ruffled some the feathers of many supporters when he made his «dream» move to his boyhood club.

We believe these policies have little or no negative impact on the quality of the science; in addition, making these policies widely known will help smooth ruffled feathers of those not chosen to talk.

I am more interested in credibly presenting the faith in our secular society than I am in trying to soothe ruffled feathers in the Church.

Ruffled Feathers Bird Cage Odor Eliminator ™ is truly a miracle product.

The company would buy digital books in bulk and sell it below cost, which ruffled the feathers of all the major publishers.

The man known as Dr. Doom has once again ruffled some feathers within the crypto - community with some harsh words about bitcoin and blockchain.

The spark that ignited this fierce competition can be traced back almost thirty - five years to the 1984 edition of the Monaco Grand Prix, and the politically charged decision to throw out the red flag when it was clear that the young Brazilian charger was about ruffle some feathers!

Thank God Cameron was there to calm ruffled feathers.

I think it just ruffles my feathers when I hear people start to suggest that early potty - training should be more the norm and what's wrong with parents if their kids don't.

«They are given a position of authority,» said City Councilman Dan Halloran (R - Whitestone), who ruffled some feathers earlier this year when he said it should be easier to replace members with poor attendance records.

He has also ruffled the feathers of some of the sector's most prominent leaders, including most recently Sir David Carter and his team of regional school commissioners.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's aggressive response to legislative oversight and scrutiny from the state comptroller's office has ruffled feathers within the Legislature.

Probably not going to try and keep this up long, just came to ruffle some feathers after reading this rather annoying article about someone who clearly does not believe the same things I do, yet people believe he does.

Beverley Spiers is an Aboriginal health worker at the Cessnock Correctional Centre and she writes with a zing and a candour that suggest she is passionate about her work and doesn't mind ruffling feathers if that will help her patients.

His brash approach may ruffle feathers along the way, but Taffer pulls no punches and values bottom lines above hurt feelings; those owners and employees that he believes are standing in the way of success are urged to check their egos at the door, or are shown the door.

But he certainly can't be refering to this year's Best Picture race — while there may still be a scattering of homophobes alarmed by the relatively polite «Milk,» it's hard to see how any of this year's contenders could seriously ruffle feathers in the industry, or in society at large.

A key problem for Jarjura was that he clearly ruffled some feathers in his hometown last year when he ran at various times for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and, finally, state comptroller.

It comes just 24 hours after peers handed another defeat to the government, this time on plans to introduce five - year fixed - term parliaments, and is likely to ruffle feathers further about the coalition.

Jeez who ruffled YOUR feathers.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R): The wealthy former health care executive survived two rough - and - tumble campaigns (a primary and the general election) to win his post, and he's been unafraid to ruffle feathers ever since.

Allen & Overy's decision not to pair with an Australian firm but rather poach some top local talent has no doubt ruffled feathers in Sydney and Melbourne.

This might just see BlackBerry's web browsing capability being completely blocked, where it will surely ruffle the feathers of those who have been frequently accessing the Internet with their BlackBerrys.

Sometimes that means ruffling some feathers.

AG Candidate Ruffles Feathers With His Designated «Occupation» Main Should I Scrap My Law Blog and Start a New One?»

The publicity surrounding that work ruffled some feathers.

What you allow to ruffle your feathers matters.

Chick - fil - A has been ruffling feathers since its president Dan Cathy was quoted saying he supported the «biblical definition» of marriage as between a man and a woman and prayed for «God's mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think that we would have the audacity to try to redefine what marriage is all about.»

None are ruffling my feathers unless its Gucci and that's just LOL.

Doesn't risk ruffling any feathers, and that's exactly what's wrong with it: It's less a satirical bite at the hand that feeds Guest than it is a toothless nibble, and it isn't particularly funny.

She had begun ruffling feathers from the moment she took the school's helm in 1994.