| 单词 | to give a pain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give (a person) a pain a. Chiefly U.S. to give (a person) a pain: to be annoying or tiresome to (a person). Now usually more fully to give (a person) a pain in the neck (also in the arse, etc.). ΚΠ 1884 C. F. Lummis Let. 10 Dec. in Lett. from Southwest (1989) 142 That began to give me a pain. 1908 R. E. Knowles Web of Time xiv. 144 ‘There's naethin' like the guid auld oatmeal.’ ‘You Scotch folks give me a pain,’ broke in David. 1911 Washington Post 8 Oct. e3 Aw, you pikers gimme a pain in the neck. 1924 P. G. Wodehouse Leave it to Psmith ix. 188 He got there first, damn him! Wouldn't that give you a pain in the neck! 1951 J. D. Salinger Catcher in Rye iv. 27 He gave out a big yawn while he said that. Which is something that gives me a royal pain in the ass. 1990 S. Morgan Homeboy i. 4 Squares gave Rings'n'Things a pain in the bahakas. < as lemmas |
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