"pain in the neck" meaning in All languages combined

See pain in the neck on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-pain in the neck.ogg [Australia] Forms: pains in the neck [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|pains in the neck}} pain in the neck (plural pains in the neck)
  1. (idiomatic, slang) Someone or something which is annoying, irritating or inconvenient. Tags: idiomatic, slang Synonyms: pain in the ass, pain in the butt, pest, nuisance
    Sense id: en-pain_in_the_neck-en-noun-dz~ONa2y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for pain in the neck meaning in All languages combined (1.6kB)

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