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get on nerves
get on your nerves
to annoy someone a lot Sometimes watching TV really gets on my nerves because of all the commercials.
get/grate on somebody's nerves
(informal) to annoy someone, especially by doing something again and again If we spend too much time together, we end up getting on each other's nerves. The telephone hadn't stopped ringing all morning and it was starting to grate on my nerves.
get on (someone's) nerves
To irritate or exasperate.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
ÉLoÏSe | | e-lo-EEZ | French |
AurÉLio | | - | Portuguese |
Thoma | | - | Old Church Slavic |
Isak | | EE-sahk | Swedish, Norwegian, Danish |
Michiko | | mee-chee-ko | Japanese |
Gunne | | - | Swedish, Norwegian |