pain-in-the-butt

pain in the butt

An 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 butt sometimes! This calculus homework is a real pain in the butt. It's not that I don't understand it, it's just so tedious!

pain-in-the-butt

(used before a noun) Very irritating, aggravating, or obnoxious. I've still got a few pain-in-the-butt jobs to do around the ranch 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-butt husband doesn't come along as well.

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

pain in the butt

verb

See pain in the ass

See also: butt, pain

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

See also:

pain in the butt
pain in the neck
pain in the neck, a
pain in the rear
a pain in the neck
pain-in-the-neck
pain-in-the-rear

References in periodicals archive

I like to think it was an affectionate reference to my sensible, Scottish outlook onlife as opposed to me being a scratchy, old pain-in-the-butt.

If Beyonce's boy, Shorty, is anything to go by, many, many goats will have lost their coats to give them a pain-in-the-butt.

Kaye Adams: Saturday: Kaye Adams

It's no wonder stars behave like pain-in-the-butt prima donnas when there is no one with guts enough to stop them.

Carole Malone Column: Invite will only make him verse

词组	pain-in-the-butt
释义	pain-in-the-butt pain in the butt An 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 butt sometimes! This calculus homework is a real pain in the butt. It's not that I don't understand it, it's just so tedious! See also: butt, pain pain-in-the-butt (used before a noun) Very irritating, aggravating, or obnoxious. I've still got a few pain-in-the-butt jobs to do around the ranch 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-butt husband doesn't come along as well. Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. pain in the butt verb See pain in the ass See also: butt, pain McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: pain in the butt pain in the neck pain in the neck, a pain in the rear a pain in the neck pain-in-the-neck pain-in-the-rear References in periodicals archive I like to think it was an affectionate reference to my sensible, Scottish outlook onlife as opposed to me being a scratchy, old pain-in-the-butt. If Beyonce's boy, Shorty, is anything to go by, many, many goats will have lost their coats to give them a pain-in-the-butt. Kaye Adams: Saturday: Kaye Adams It's no wonder stars behave like pain-in-the-butt prima donnas when there is no one with guts enough to stop them. Carole Malone Column: Invite will only make him verse
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