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
Michikomee-chee-koJapanese
AnĐEla-Croatian, Serbian
Stace-Medieval English
AndrÉEawn-DREFrench
Polyxeni-Greek
Zhenya-Russian, Bulgarian