How do you understand "put one's nose out of joint'?

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"put one's nose out of joint" means to hurt your feelings or upset your plans.

Origin of idiom
This phrase is quite old and was first used by Barnaby Rich in  his book "His Farewell to Militarie Profession,"  in 1581 in England.

Example. Person A.: I am sorry I  called you a drunkard.  I did not mean to put your nose out of joint.
Person B. Well you did put my nose out of joint when you said that.  Actually I was very ill with influenza and I was not drunk.
Person A. Ok. In future I will have to be careful  not to put people's noses out of joint.

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This means 'to be upset'
'She expected to get  the job, but the boss didn't like her. That put her nose out of joint'

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