get on the wrong side of
Meaning: To make someone angry or hostile toward you.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Example: “Don't get on the wrong side of the head chef.”
Category: Daily Life
Origin: Perhaps from the idea of approaching a horse or animal from the side where it might kick. The phrase is common from the 19th century; its origin is uncertain.
Equivalents in other languages
- French: S'attirer les foudres de quelqu'un — literally: To draw someone's thunderbolts
More idioms — Daily Life
- you can't be in two places at once — One person cannot do two things in different places at the same time.
- play to the gallery — To behave in a way meant to win popular approval.
- there's no accounting for taste — People's preferences cannot be explained.
- get one's hooks into — To get a firm hold or control over something or someone.
- don't judge a book by its cover — Don't form an opinion based only on appearance.
- forewarned is forearmed — Knowing about something in advance lets you prepare.
More English idioms
- a pie-crust promise — A promise that is easily broken.
- drag someone's name through the mud — To damage someone's reputation publicly.
- as old as the hills — Extremely old.
- behind closed doors — In private or in secret.
- a low blow — An unfair or cruel attack.
- it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye — Rough play may seem harmless but can end in injury.