Phrases: ruffle someone’s feathers, rule the roost, eke out, the big bad wolf

Phrase: ruffle someone’s feathers

Meaning: to make someone feel worried or annoyed

Sentence: Review of announced schemes by the newly elected CM ruffled the feather's of the opposition party.

Phrases: nip something in the bud, cock a snook at

Phrase: nip something in the bud           

Meaning: to stop a bad situation from becoming worse by taking action at an early stage of its development