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Put Nose Joint Someone's Upset Offend Turned Party

Idiom to put someone's nose out of joint
Definition to upset or offend someone
Examples - It really put her nose out of joint when he turned up at her party, uninvited.
- He had his nose put right out of joint at the last meeting - nobody at all agreed with his proposal.

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