royal pain in the ass
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royal pain in the ass
rude slang Someone or something that causes a large or severe amount of frustration, annoyance, or aggravation. This new computer is proving to be a royal pain in the ass. It's been crashing at least once a day since I first started it up! These federal investigators have been royal pains in the ass. I know they have a job to do, but I wish they would just let us get on with our work.
See also: ass, pain, royal
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- the (absolute) limit
- the limit
- will be the death of
- (someone or something) is going to be the death of (one)
- (someone or something) will be the death of (one)
- here we go again
- be a thorn in (one's) side
- be a thorn in your flesh/side
- It sucks
- it/that sucks