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fry someone's bacon en · VERB
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(colloquial) To upset or infuriate one; to push one beyond endurance.
As upside-down as it seems to most adults, many kids see lying as a respectful, loving, sensitive act if it protects someone they look up to from unpleasant information. I can't imagine where they learned that. And let's not forget about sex. Can I just tell you how much pornography fries my bacon?
1999, Jim Hancock, Raising Adults: Getting Kids Ready for the Real World, page 40:
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fry, someone's, bacon.
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