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pain-in-the-neck pain in the neckAn especially irritating, aggravating, or obnoxious person, thing, or situation. You know, Jack, you may be my friend, but you can be a real pain in the neck sometimes! This calculus homework is a pain in the neck. It's not that I don't understand it, it's just so tedious!See also: neck, painpain-in-the-neck(used before a noun) Very irritating, aggravating, or obnoxious. I've still got a few pain-in-the-neck jobs to do around the farm before I can call it quits for the day. We're having Mary over for dinner tomorrow night. I just hope her pain-in-the-neck husband doesn't come along as well.pain in the neckFig. a bother; an annoyance. This assignment is a pain in the neck. Your little brother is a pain in the neck.See also: neck, painpain in the neckAlso, 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. See also: neck, painpain in the neck n. a difficult or annoying thing or person. (see also pain in the ass.) My boss is a pain in the neck. See also: neck, pain |