pain in the neck | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,slang)Someone or something which isannoying,irritatingorinconvenient.Synonyms:pain in the ass,pain in the butt,pest,nuisance1923,P. G. Wodehouse,Leave It to Psmith‎[1], London, page188:Got to know McTodd, found he wasn’t coming to the castle, and came down instead of him, same as me. Only he got there first, damn him! Wouldn’t that give you a pain in the neck!”2022November 19,Clarence Page, “Sometimes offensive comedy is just lazy laughs”, inChicago Tribune‎[2]:OK, call me a hypersensitive liberal, if you want. It wouldn’t be the first time. I can be apain in the neckabout racial, ethnic and religious bias sometimes, but I think it’s better to be hypersensitive than insensitive.

Examples:

EN: In fact he was a pain in the neck.
ES: Se volvió muy pesado.
EN: This touch-me-not stuff is beginning to give me a pain in the neck.
ES: Eso de no-me-toques me está cansando.
EN: You brought such a pain in the neck today! Take him back!
ES: Que pibe molesto que he encontrado
EN: So you give me a pain in the neck.
ES: Me das dolor de cabeza.
EN: They give me a pain in the neck.
ES: Son insoportables.
EN: - I think you're a pain in the neck.
ES: - Creo que eres una lata.
EN: They're fixing up a pain in the neck for your boyfriend.
ES: Están preparando un dolor de cuello para tu novio.
EN: And every one of them will give you a good, stiff pain in the neck.
ES: Y todas ellas te darán tortícolis.
EN: Hey, what's good for a pain in the neck, huh?
ES: ¿Qué es lo que alivia un dolor de cabeza?
EN: Doesn't it give you a pain in the neck?
ES: ¿No les dará dolor en el cuello?
EN: Well, all that flaming youth stuff gives me a vast pain in the neck.
ES: Bueno, toda esa juventud brillante me hace tener un gran dolor de cuello.
EN: - A pain in the neck.
ES: - Un dolor de cabeza.
EN: Those fat ones give me a pain in the neck.
ES: Esas gordas son un fastidio.
EN: What's got a big, black moustache, smokes a big, black cigar, and he's a big pain in the neck?
ES: ¿Qué tiene un gran bigote negro, fuma un gran cigarro negro y es un gran fastidio?
EN: What's being good getcha? A pain in the neck.
ES: Ser decente sólo trae problemas.

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