pain-in-the-neck



pain-in-the-neck

(used before a noun) Very irritating, aggravating, or obnoxious. I've still got a few pain-in-the-neck jobs to do around the farm before I can call it quits for the day. We're having Mary over for dinner tomorrow night. I just hope her pain-in-the-neck husband doesn't come along as well.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Katsurokah-tsoo-ṙo:Japanese
Jozefienyo-zə-FEENDutch
Jagannatha-Hinduism
PerliePURL-eeEnglish (Rare)
TaaviTAH:-vee (Finnish)Estonian, Finnish
JoiJOIEnglish (Modern)