The right thing to rub people the wrong way.
"Last year, we celebrated the 100th anniversary, and selling it rubbed people the wrong way."
But he can rub people the wrong way, and he never backs off.
You know, they sort of really rub people up the wrong way.
Charlie had a knack for rubbing people up the wrong way.
"They brought in a lot of outsiders that rubbed people the wrong way," he said.
But he knows how to rub people up the wrong way whether he's sick or well.
"He rubs people out but he goes to the school play."
If you keep rubbing people the wrong way and I have to fire you, what's it going to be?
We rub shoulders with people who'll give grant money.