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nerves noun► get on your nervesto affect morbidly UK, 1937
idiomnervesbe a bundle of nervesNervous to be extremely worried or frightened about something:Willis watched her carefully as she poured the tea. She was a bundle of nerves. Why do you turn into a bundle of nerves every time I come near you?get on sb's nervesspoken to annoy someone:Nick's beginning to get on my nerves with his negative attitude.I could tell one of the girls in the car was really getting on Kim's nerves, telling her how to drive and which way to go.live on your nerves BrEBrE(also live on your nerve ends)to worry and feel nervous all the time, and never have a chance to relax:If you live on your nerves and always expect something terrible to happen, your health soon begins to suffer under the strain.The news that the band were about to break up had 24 000 fans living on their nerve ends for weeks. (redirected from nerves)
See:- (one's) nerves are shot
- a bag of nerves
- a bag/bundle of nerves
- a battle of nerves
- a bundle of nerves
- a lot of nerve
- a war of nerves
- be a bundle of nerves
- brass neck/nerve
- bundle of nerves
- get enough nerve up
- get enough nerve up (to do something)
- get on (one's) nerves
- get on nerves
- get on somebody's nerves
- get on someone's nerves
- get the nerve up (to do something)
- get up
- get up (one's) nerve (to do something)
- grate on (one's) nerves
- have a nerve
- have a/some nerve
- have nerves of steel
- have the nerve to (do something)
- have the nerve to do something
- hit a (raw) nerve
- hit/touch a nerve
- hold (one's) nerve
- I like (someone's) cheek
- I like (someone's) nerve
- I like your nerve, cheek, etc.
- live on (one's) nerves
- live on your nerves
- lose (one's) nerve
- lose one's nerve
- lot of nerve
- nerves of steel
- of all the
- of all the cheek, nerve, stupid things to do, etc.!
- Of all the nerve!
- on (one's) nerves
- on nerves
- some nerve
- steely-nerved
- strain every nerve
- strain every nerve/sinew
- take a lot of nerve
- take a lot of nerve (to do something)
- take some nerve (to do something)
- the nerve of (someone)!
- touch a (raw) nerve
- touch a nerve
- war of nerves
- war of nerves, a
- What a nerve!
- What nerve!
- you've got a lot of nerve
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