grind (someone's) gears

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grind (someone's) gears

To greatly or specifically irritate or annoy someone. It really grinds my gears when cyclists go zipping through red lights! John's not a bad guy, but he has a habit of grinding people's gears with his political rants.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nkechinyere	-	Western African, Igbo
Koharu	ko-hah-ṙoo	Japanese
Marzanna (1)	-	Polish
Volya	-	Russian (Rare)
Ida	IE-də (English), EE-dah (German, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, Italian)	English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Slovene
Aumann	['aʊmən]