Definition
To annoy or irritate someone; to bother someone.
In Context
- "There’s an insect buzzing around in my bedroom tonight, and it’s really getting on my nerves."
- "Gerty wished to goodness they would take their squalling baby home out of that and not get on her nerves..."
Also Said As
- aggravate
- annoy
- nettle
- rankle
- ruffle
- sting
- antagonize
- bother
- disgruntle
- botherate
- bug
- get
- grate
- burn up
- bedevil
- cheese off
- devil
- exasperate
- frustrate
- get up
- grotch
- hack off
- hassle
- irk
- irritate
- jazz
- molest
- mommick
- nark
- nerve
- pee off
- peeve
- persecute
- pique
- piss off
- provoke
- rile
- rile up
- roil
- storm
- test someone's patience
- tick off
- trouble
- try one's patience
- vex
- wind up
- Idioms:
- boil someone's piss
- chap someone's hide
- get on someone's nerves
- get on someone's tits
- get on someone's wick
- get someone's back up
- get someone's dander up
- get someone's goat
- get someone's Irish up
- get someone's nanny
- get someone's nanny-goat
- get under one's goat
- get under someone's skin
- give someone the shits
- grind one's gears
- harsh one's mellow
- put someone's back up
- raise someone's hackles
- rub someone the wrong way
- rub up the wrong way
- ruffle someone's feathers
- tee off
- torque off
See Also
- get up someone's nose
- push someone's buttons