He was in the mood in which trifles irritate a man, and fancies are all-powerful to exalt or depress his spirits.

You read what was in the papers, and you may imagine that it is of a nature to irritate a man.

It irritates a man to be perpetually told of his disadvantages.'

Nothing irritates a man more than to be harassed in his toil, thus deprived of its promised fruits.

Nothing irritates a man so much.

Nothing irritates a man more than being rapped over the toes, especially if he feels that he has done nothing to deserve it.