grind (someone's) gears

To greatly or specifically irritate or annoy someone. It really grinds my gears when cyclists go zipping through red lights! John's not a bad guy, but he has a habit of grinding people's gears with his political rants.

See also: gear, grind

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

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make (one's) teeth itch
put (one's) teeth on edge
make (someone's) hackles rise
make somebody's hackles rise
make someone's hackles rise
get on (one's) tits
get on someone's tits
get on someone's wick
get on (one's) wick

词组	grind (someone's) gears
释义	grind (someone's) gears grind (someone's) gears To greatly or specifically irritate or annoy someone. It really grinds my gears when cyclists go zipping through red lights! John's not a bad guy, but he has a habit of grinding people's gears with his political rants. See also: gear, grind Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: make (one's) teeth itch put (one's) teeth on edge make (someone's) hackles rise make somebody's hackles rise make someone's hackles rise get on (one's) tits get on someone's tits get on someone's wick get on (one's) wick
随便看	in soaped-pig fashion in so/as many words insofar (in) so far as in so far as insofar as in so many words in somebody's book in somebody's day/time in somebody's keeping in somebody's pocket in somebody's presence in somebody's/something's favour in somebody's/something's stead in somebody's train in somebody's trust in some, equal, etc. measure heeby-jeebies heed heel heeled heels of, at/on the heesh he gives twice who gives quickly hehe