yank chain



yank someone's chain

Sl. to harass someone; to give someone a hard time. (As if one were a dog wearing a choker collar, on a leash.) Stop yanking my chain! Do you really think you can just yank my chain whenever you want?
See also: chain, yank

yank somebody's chain

also pull somebody's chain
to upset someone She knows that playing that music really yanks my chain.
Related vocabulary: push somebody's buttons
See also: chain, yank

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
CletoKLE-to (Italian, Spanish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
RagnarRAHNG-nahr (Swedish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Eleazarel-ee-AY-zər (English)Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
&Thorn;ÓRir-Icelandic, Ancient Scandinavian
Vahagn-Armenian Mythology, Armenian
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