He recently had the bad luck to incur his boss' wrath and got sent out to work in the boondocks.
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逆鱗に触れる, げきりんにふれる
1. to infuriate one's superior, to incur the anger of one's boss, to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one
2. to incur the Imperial wrath, to offend the Emperor
1. at (place, time), in, on, during
2. to (direction, state), toward, into
3. for (purpose)
4. because of (reason), for, with
5. by, from
6. as (i.e. in the role of)
7. per, in, for, a (e.g. "once a month")
8. and, in addition to
9. if, although