smooth one’s / sb’s (ruffled) feathers
to make oneself (or somebody else) feel less irritated or offended
lacon was no fool, and the cousin’s wrath just when everyone was trying to smooth their feathers was a thing to be avoided at any cost.
john le carré: the honourable schoolboy.coronet books, hodder & stoughton, 2000. p. 63.
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