get on someone's nerves
Meaning: To annoy someone.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Example: “The constant beeping really gets on my nerves.”
Category: Body & Senses
Origin: As if irritating someone's nerves directly. The phrase is found from the late 19th century.
Other ways to say this
- French: Casser les pieds à quelqu'un — literally: To break someone's feet
- Hindi: नाक में दम करना (naak mein dam karna) — literally: To put breath into someone's nose
- German: Jemandem auf den Keks gehen — literally: To go on someone's biscuit
- French: Un mauvais coucheur — literally: A bad bedfellow
- French: Taper sur le système — literally: To run on the bean / to bang on the system
- English: be a pain in the neck
More idioms — Body & Senses
- knock someone's socks off — To impress or amaze someone greatly.
- throw one's weight around — To use one's power or importance in an overbearing way.
- swap spit — To kiss passionately (slang).
- hit the wall — To suddenly run out of energy.
- sit on one's hands — To do nothing when action is needed.
- beat someone to a pulp — To beat someone very severely.
More English idioms
- a fat lot of good that does me — That is of no use to me at all.
- no sweat — No problem; that's easy.
- dumb as a box of rocks — Very stupid.
- without a penny to one's name — With no money at all.
- feed someone a line — To tell someone something untrue to deceive them.
- a smart aleck — An annoying person who shows off how clever they are.