boot camp »
A short, intensive, quasi-military program generally aimed at young offenders as an alternative to a jail term.
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his back is up »
He is offended or angry; an expression or idea taken from a cat; that animal, when angry, always raising its back. An allusion also sometimes used to jeer a crooked man.
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hurt someone's feelings »
To offend or hurt someone.
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put off »
To offend, repulse, or frighten.
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turn in one's grave »
To be appalled, offended or disgusted by something, despite being deceased.
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walk on eggshells »
To be overly careful in dealing with a person or situation because they get angry or offended very easily; to try very hard not to upset someone or something.
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