Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic, slang)Someone or something which is annoying, irritating or inconvenient.

More definitions
  • something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness

Examples

27 sentences

  1. I have a pain in my neck.

    У мене болить шия. — deniko

    ruУ меня шея болит. — marafon

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  2. It's a pain in the neck.

    deEs ist nervig. — Tamy

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  3. You're a pain in the neck.

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  4. Tom is a pain in the neck.

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  5. This job is a pain in the neck.

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Origin

First attested in the 1920s.

First attested in the 1920s.

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Forms

plural: pains in the neck
Singularpain in the neck
Pluralpains in the neck

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Synonyms

8 synonyms
nuisanceB2pain in the buttpest
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedtrachelodynia

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pagodapailpainB1painfulB1painfullypainkillerpainless
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