Do not ruffle feathers if possible.

如果可以的话，不要惹怒别人。

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If there's one big company that knows to ruffle feathers, it would be Apple.

如果有一个大公司，明知引发愤怒情绪，这将是苹果。

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His direct, often abrasive approach will doubtless ruffle a few feathers.

他那直截了当、常常很粗鲁的方式无疑会激怒一些人。

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