get up (someone's) nose

British & Australian, informal

to annoy someone.

It's the way he follows me around everywhere - it gets right up my nose.

To be honest, I prefer not to have to deal with her. She gets up my nose.

• be as clear as day
• be as clear as mud
• be as cold as ice
• be as cool as a cucumber
• be as crazy as they come
• be as [crazy/rich etc.] as they come
• be as cute as a button
• be as daft as a brush
• be as dead as a dodo
• be as dead as a doornail
• save your bacon
• save your breath
• save your own skin
• saving grace
• savoir-faire
• say a lot about
• say a lot about something
• say boo
• Say cheese!
• say enough is enough
• say goodbye to
• say goodbye to something
• say nothing of
• say nothing of something
• say piece