pain in the rear
pain in the rear
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 rear sometimes! This calculus homework is a real pain in the rear. It's not that I don't understand it, it's just so tedious!
See also: pain, rear
pain-in-the-rear
(used before a noun) Very irritating, aggravating, or obnoxious. I've still got a few pain-in-the-rear 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-rear husband doesn't come along as well.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
pain in the rear
verbSee pain in the ass
See also: pain, rear
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- pain in the butt
- pain in the neck
- pain in the neck, a
- a pain in the neck
- pain-in-the-butt
- pain-in-the-neck
- pain-in-the-rear