- lit. hair stands up in anger and tips off one's hat (idiom)
- fig. seething in anger
- raise one's hackles
“the anger makes one's hair stand on end; be so angry that one's hair raises (or lifts) up his hat”
指愤怒得头发直竖,顶着帽子。形容极端愤怒。
Origin 《庄子·盗跖》:“盗跖闻之大怒,目如明星,发上指冠。”《史记·廉颇蔺相如列传》:“相如因持璧却立倚柱,怒发上冲冠。”
Example ~,凭栏处,潇潇雨歇。(宋·岳飞《满江红》词)