get on someone’s case



get on someone’s case

in. to start harassing someone about a personal problem; to annoy someone. (Compare this with get off someone’s case.) I’ll get on Tom’s case about being late so much.
See also: case, get, on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
AdamA-dəm (English), a-DAWN (French), AH-dahm (German, Polish), AH:-dahm (Dutch), ah-DAHM (Russian, Ukrainian)English, French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Russian, Ukrainia
Gwyneth-Welsh, English (Modern)
ReinerRIE-ner (German)German, Ancient Germanic
PhillisFIL-isEnglish
Anatolijs-Latvian
Slavica-Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian