| 单词 | pain in the neck |
| 释义 | pain in the neckSEE SYNONYMS FOR pain in the neck ON THESAURUS.COM Also, pain in the ass or butt. A source of annoyance, a nuisance, as in Joan is a real pain in the neck, with her constant complaining, or Jack told his brother to stop being a pain in the ass. The first of these colloquial expressions dates from about 1900 and originated as a euphemism for the two less polite variants. Words nearby pain in the neckPaine, pained, Painesville, Paine, Thomas, painful, pain in the neck, painkiller, painless, pain-pleasure principle, pain point, pains The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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