Rub Me the Wrong Way
March 12, 2008 – 10:59 am“That girl rubs me the wrong way.”
“Her comments really rubbed me the wrong way.”
“All of his complaining rubbed me the wrong way.”
“I liked your friend, but his political views really rubbed me the wrong way.”
In this case, “rub” means 摩擦, but it is used in an abstract sense in this idiom. So when someone (or something) “rubs you the wrong way” they annoy you or displease you. If you say that a person rubs you the wrong way, you are really saying that you don’t like that person or that they are annoying.