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get on someone's nerves en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic) To annoy or irritate someone; to bother someone.
   • Gerty wished to goodness they would take their squalling baby home out of that and not get on her nerves... 1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC:
   • There’s an insect buzzing around in my bedroom tonight, and it’s really getting on my nerves.

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Relateds

push someone's buttons · get up someone's nose

Synonyms

jazz · try one's patience · peeve · nettle · grotch · cheese off · bedevil · wind up · rankle · pee off · boil someone's piss · devil · get someone's Irish up · get someone's dander up · burn up · frustrate · molest · bother · rub up the wrong way · nark · raise someone's hackles · chap someone's hide · hack off · get someone's back up · disgruntle · piss off · botherate · pique · ruffle · nerve · tee off · harsh one's mellow · irk · storm · get up · get someone's nanny · rile up · rile · get someone's goat · grind one's gears · get on someone's nerves · vex · aggravate · bug · mommick · sting · irritate · burn someone's ass · get on someone's tits · give someone the shits · get · provoke · rub someone the wrong way · tick off · hassle · get under someone's skin · Idioms: · ruffle someone's feathers · trouble · get under one's goat · put someone's back up · get on someone's wick · acerbate · peeve off · roil · antagonize · exasperate · get someone's nanny-goat · torque off · persecute · grate · test someone's patience · annoy

Translations (30)

it stare sui nervi (annoy or irritate) · fr taper sur les nerfs (annoy or irritate) · th กวนประสาท (annoy or irritate) · ko 거슬리다 (annoy or irritate) · ru играть на нервах (annoy or irritate) · it fare venire la mosca al naso (annoy or irritate) · cs lézt na nervy (annoy or irritate) · pl działać na nerwy (annoy or irritate) · nl op de zenuwen werken (annoy or irritate) · ga duine a chur as a mheabhair (annoy or irritate) · pt dar nos nervos (annoy or irritate) · pl grać na nerwach (annoy or irritate) · es crispar los nervios (annoy or irritate) · is fara á taugarnar á (annoy or irritate) · it dare sui nervi (annoy or irritate) · sv gå på nerverna (annoy or irritate) · hu az idegeire megy (annoy or irritate) · fr courir sur le haricot (annoy or irritate) · es alterar los nervios (annoy or irritate) · ja 神経を尖らせる (annoy or irritate) · es poner los nervios de punta (annoy or irritate) · fr casser les couilles (annoy or irritate) · da gå nogen på nerverne (annoy or irritate) · it fare venire il latte alle ginocchia (annoy or irritate) · es poner de los nervios (annoy or irritate) · fi käydä hermoille (annoy or irritate) · ru де́йствовать на не́рвы (annoy or irritate) · no gå noen på nervene (annoy or irritate) · cmn 惹毛 (annoy or irritate) · de auf die Nerven gehen (annoy or irritate)