"nose out of joint" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-nose out of joint.wav Forms: noses out of joint [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|noses out of joint|head=nose out of joint}} nose out of joint (plural noses out of joint)
  1. (idiomatic) An emotional state where someone is in a bad mood because they have been offended by or taken exception (objected) to some action, usually involving being seen in an inferior light to another person. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Emotions Related terms: get one's knickers in a twist Translations (idiom): die Nase voll haben (German), die Schnauze voll haben [vulgar] (German), bedient sein (German), storcere il naso (Italian)

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