To rub someone the wrong way 和 rub someone up the wrong way 為同義詞，意為「(無意間) 觸犯 (某人)，惹惱 (某人)」。Rub someone the wrong way 為美式英語，而 rub someone up the wrong way 為英式英語。這個慣用語於 1800 年代中期開始使用至今。
例句：
- The way Helen smiles all the time really rubs me the wrong way. It seems so fake. (海倫一直微笑的樣子真的惹惱了我。她的笑好假哦)
- As soon as John and his girlfriend met they started to rub each other the wrong way. (約翰和他女友一見面就惹得彼此不高興)
- Paul’s always talking about how those commercials rub him up the wrong way, but I think they’re cute. (保羅老是談到那些廣告讓他多麼不爽，但我認為那些廣告滿逗趣的)