get\ on\ one's\ nerves

get\ on\ one's\ nerves
v. phr.
To make you nervous.

John's noisy eating habits get on your nerves.

Children get on their parents' nerves by asking so many questions.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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  • get on one's nerves — (informal) To become oppressively irritating • • • Main Entry: ↑nerve …   Useful english dictionary

  • get on one's nerves — {v. phr.} To make you nervous. * /John s noisy eating habits get on your nerves./ * /Children get on their parents nerves by asking so many questions./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • get on one's nerves — {v. phr.} To make you nervous. * /John s noisy eating habits get on your nerves./ * /Children get on their parents nerves by asking so many questions./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • get on one's nerves —    If you get on someone s nerves, you annoy or irritate them a great deal.     The children next door are so noisy they re getting on my nerves …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • get on one's nerves — irritate someone His constant complaining is beginning to get on my nerves …   Idioms and examples

  • get on one's nerves — aggravate someone; annoy someone …   English contemporary dictionary

  • get on one's tits — Vrb phrs. To annoy, to get on one s nerves. The tits in the phrase are metaphorical hence the idiom is used by both sexes. E.g. Angie s new boyfriend really gets on my tits …   English slang and colloquialisms

  • on one's nerves — See: GET ON ONE S NERVES …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • on one's nerves — See: GET ON ONE S NERVES …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • on\ one's\ nerves — See: get on one s nerves …   Словарь американских идиом

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