"get on someone's nerves" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-get on someone's nerves.ogg Forms: gets on someone's nerves [present, singular, third-person], getting on someone's nerves [participle, present], got on someone's nerves [past], got on someone's nerves [UK, participle, past], gotten on someone's nerves [US, participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> on someone's nerves}} get on someone's nerves (third-person singular simple present gets on someone's nerves, present participle getting on someone's nerves, simple past got on someone's nerves, past participle (UK) got on someone's nerves or (US) gotten on someone's nerves)
  1. (idiomatic) To annoy or irritate someone; to bother someone. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: annoy Related terms: get up someone's nose, push someone's buttons Translations (annoy or irritate): lézt na nervy (Czech), gå nogen på nerverne (Danish), op de zenuwen werken (Dutch), käydä hermoille (Finnish), courir sur le haricot (French), taper sur les nerfs (French), jemandem auf die Nerven gehen (German), jemandem auf den Geist gehen (German), az idegeire megy (Hungarian), dare sui nervi (Italian), stare sui nervi (Italian), fare venire la mosca al naso (Italian), fare venire il latte alle ginocchia (Italian), 神経を尖らせる (shinkei o togaraseru) (alt: しんけいをとがらせる) (Japanese), 거슬리다 (geoseullida) (Korean), gå noen på nervene (Norwegian), działać na nerwy [imperfective] (Polish), grać na nerwach [imperfective] (Polish), dar nos nervos (Portuguese), де́йствовать на не́рвы (déjstvovatʹ na nérvy) [imperfective] (Russian), играть на нервах (igratʹ na nervax) [imperfective] (Russian), poner los nervios de punta (note: colloquial locution) (Spanish), repatear (Spanish), mojar la oreja (Spanish), gå på nerverna (Swedish), กวนประสาท (Thai)

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