pain in the ass
Something or someone that causes discomfort, frustration, or annoyanceSomething or someone that causes discomfort, frustration, or annoyance.
» Tom is a pain in the ass.
Tom nervt.
Том — заноза в дупі.
Meaning
2 senses(Canada, US, countable, idiomatic, slang, uncountable, vulgar)Something or someone that causes discomfort, frustration, or annoyance.
Nervensäge
головна́я больgolovnája bolʹ, геморро́йgemorrój, зану́даzanúda
(countable, uncountable)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pain, in, the, ass.
- something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
Examples
19 sentencesTom is a pain in the ass.
Том — заноза в дупі. — deniko
deTom nervt. — Djd_9
She's a pain in the ass.
He's a pain in the ass.
You're a pain in the ass.
It's such a pain in the ass.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
Dysphemistically modelled after pain in the neck. First attested in the early to mid-20thDysphemistically modelled after pain in the neck. First attested in the early to mid-20th century.
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Forms
plural: pains in the ass| Singular | pain in the ass |
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irregular
Synonyms
7 synonyms- something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness:annoyancebotherbotherationpaininflictionpain in the necknuisance
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable