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Pain in the neck   /peɪn ɪn ðə nɛk/   Listen
Pain in the neck

noun
1.
A bothersome annoying person.  Synonyms: nuisance, pain.
2.
Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness.  Synonyms: annoyance, bother, botheration, infliction, pain, pain in the ass.  "A bit of a bother" , "He's not a friend, he's an infliction"





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"Pain in the neck" Quotes from Famous Books



... a pain in the neck," muttered Bill Grey peevishly, when his coughing had stopped, wriggling about under ...
— Three Soldiers • John Dos Passos


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