What is Smooth One's / Sb's Ruffled Feathers?
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to make oneself (or somebody else) feel less irritated or offended
Lacon was no fool, and the Cousin's wrath just when everyone was trying to smooth their feathers was a thing to be avoided at any cost.
John le Carré: The Honourable SchoolboyRONET BOOKS, Hodder & Stoughton, 2000. p. 63.
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A problem that is best solved by avoiding the problematic situation. From the old Henny Youngman joke: "Doctor, it hurts when I do ..
