"nails on a chalkboard" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} nails on a chalkboard (uncountable)
  1. Something that sounds very unpleasant. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-nails_on_a_chalkboard-en-noun-hNO13nE2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "2000 May 2, Christopher John, “country singers who turned to acting”, in rec.music.country.western (Usenet)",
          "text": "That's funny because I hated Randy's voice until I saw that movie. It was nails on a chalkboard until I heard \"My Greatest Fear\" that song is very pretty, IMO.",
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          "ref": "2001 February 17, mrs_cal, “Why do you post here?”, in alt.support.divorce (Usenet)",
          "text": "aside from country music (which is nails on a chalkboard to me, lol) and what my son and I call 'pop drivel a la Backstreet Boys, and N'Stink.....I will listen to, and probably enjoy most anything.",
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