| 词汇 | ANNOYANCE |
| 释义 | IDIOMSLANG ANNOYANCE be a thorn in someone's side to be a constant bother or annoyance to someone.This problem is a thorn in my side. I wish I had a solution to it.John was a thorn in my side for years before I finally got rid of him. bug someone to irritate someone; to bother someone. (Slang.)Go away! Stop bugging me!Leave me alone. Go bug someone else. cheesed off bored; depressed; annoyed.He was cheesed off with his job.She was cheesed off when she missed the bus. Don't let someone or something get you down. Do not allow yourself to be discouraged by someone or something.Don't let their constant teasing get you down.Don't let Tom get you down. He's not always unpleasant. drive someone crazy and drive someone mad to annoy or irritate someone.This itch is driving me crazy.All these telephone calls are driving me mad. drive someone up the wall to annoy or irritate someone.Stop whistling that tune. you're driving me up the wall.All his talk about moving to California nearly drove me up the wall. fiddle around (with someone) and fiddle about (with someone) to tease, annoy, or play with someone; to waste someone's time.All right, stop fiddling around with me and tell me how much you will give me for my car.Tom, you have to stop spending your time fiddling about with your friends. It's time to get serious with your studies. fly in the ointment a small, unpleasant matter that spoils something; a drawback.We enjoyed the play, but the fly in the ointment was not being able to find our car afterward.It sounds like a good idea, but there must be a fly in the ointment somewhere. fool around (with someone or something) to fiddle, play, or mess with someone or something; to waste time with someone or something. (Informal.)John is out fooling around with his friends again.That child spends most of his time fooling around.Please don't fool around with the light switch. You'll break it.There are lots of interesting things in here, but you must leave them alone. Don t fool around. get in someone's hair to bother or irritate someone.Billy is always getting in his mother's hair.I wish you'd stop getting in my hair. Get off someone's case! and Get off someone's back!; Get off someone's tail! Leave someone alone!; Stop picking on someone! (Slang. Usually a command.)I'm tired of your criticism, Bill. Get off my easelQuit picking on her. Get off her back!Leave me alone! Get off my tail! get on someone's nerves to irritate someone.Please stop whistling. It's getting on my nerves.All this arguing is getting on their nerves. get someone's goat to irritate someone; to annoy and arouse someone to anger.I'm sorry. I didn't mean to get your goat.Jean got Sally's goat and Sally made quite a fuss about it.Tom really had her goat for a while. get under someone's skin to bother or irritate someone. (Informal.)John is so annoying. He really gets under my skin.I know he's bothersome, but don't let him get under your skin. go chase oneself to go away (and stop being a bother). (Slang.)He was bothering me, so I told him to go chase himself.Get out, you pest! Go chase yourself! Go fly a kite! go away and stop bothering me. (Slang.)You're bothering me. Go fly a kite!If you think I'm going to waste my time talking to you, go fly a kite. have something stick in one's craw to have something irritate or displease someone. (Folksy.)I don't like to have someone's words stick in my craw.He meant to have the problem stick in my craw and upset me. lay off (someone or something) to leave someone or something alone; to stop bothering someone or something; to take it easy (on someone or something). (Slang.)Lay off Bill. He didn't mean any harm!Hey! I said lay off!Lay off the butter. Don't use it all up. make a nuisance of oneself to be a constant bother.I'm sorry to make a nuisance of myself, but I do need an answer to my question.Stop making a nuisance of yourself and wait your turn. nickel and dime someone to charge someone many small amounts of money; to assess many small fees against someone. (Fixed order.)We will not stay at that resort again. They nickel and dime you to death in that place. There is a charge for everything.Tuition at the university hasn't gone up in two years but other small fees have. They really nickel and dime you there. pain in the neck a bother; an annoyance. (Slang.)This assignment is a pain in the neck.Your little brother is a pain in the neck. put out (about someone or something) irritated; bothered.John behaved rudely at the party, and the hostess was quite put out.Liz was quite put out about the question. put someone off to upset or distress someone.She always puts me off. She's so rude.I try not to put off people. put someone out to distress or inconvenience someone.I'd like to have a ride home, but not if it puts you out.Don't worry. It won't put out anybody. rub someone ('s fur) the wrong way to irritate someone. (From the rubbing of a cat's or dog's fur the wrong way.)I'm sorry I rubbed your fur the wrong way. I didn't mean to upset you.Don't rub her the wrong way! ruffle someone's feathers to upset or annoy someone. (A bird's feathers become ruffled if it is angry or afraid.)You certainly ruffled Mrs. Smith's feathers by criticizing her garden.Try to be tactful and not ruffle people's feathers. set one's teeth on edge [for a person or a noise] to be irritating or get on one's nerves.Please don't scrape your fingernails on the blackboard! It sets my teeth on edge!Here comes Bob. He's so annoying. He really sets my teeth on edge. shake someone up to shock or upset someone. (Slang.)The sight of the injured man shook me up.Your rude remark really shook up Tom. shook up upset; shocked. (Slang.)Relax, man! Don't get shook up!I always get shook up when I see something like that. sick and tired of someone or something disgusted and annoyed with someone or something. (Fixed order.)I'm sick and tired of Ann and her whistling.We are all sick and tired of this old car. trouble oneself (to do something) to bother oneself to do something.He didn't even trouble himself to turn off the light when he left.No, thank you. I don't need any help. Please don't trouble yourself. try someone's patience to do something annoying that may cause someone to lose patience; to cause someone to be annoyed.Stop whistling. You're trying my patience. Very soon I'm going to lose my temper.Some students think it's fun to try the teacher's patience. wear on someone to bother or annoy someone.We stayed with them only a short time because my children seemed to wear on them.Always being short of money wears on a person after a while. What's with someone? What is bothering or affecting someone? (Slang.)John seems upset. What's with him?There's nothing wrong with me. What's with you? ANNOYANCE - DELIBERATE get at someone to find a way to irritate someone.Mr. Smith found a way to get at his wife.John kept trying to get at his teacher. get on someone to pester someone (about something); to pressure someone.John is supposed to empty the trash every day. He didn't do it, so I will have to get on him.It's time to get on Bill about his homework. He's falling behind. give someone a pain to annoy or bother someone. (Slang.)Here comes Sally. Oh, she gives me a pain.She's such a pest. She really gives me a pain. give someone the business to harass someone; to give someone a bad time. (Informal.)The people in that office can't answer your question. They just give you the business.I'll get rid of her. I'll give her the business. rub salt in the wound deliberately to make someone's unhappiness, shame, or misfortune worse.Don't rub salt in the wound by telling me how enjoyable the party was.Jim is feeling miserable about losing his job, and Fred is rubbing salt into the wound by saying how good his replacement is. ANNOYANCE - RIDDANCE shake someone off to get rid of someone; to get free of someone who is bothering you. (Slang.)Stop bothering me! What do I have to do to shake you off?I wish I could shake off John. He's such a pest! |
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