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(Some sentences showing what "it" might be.)
http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/1879924
This job is a pain in the neck.
http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/1879925
Filling out all these forms is a pain in the neck.
http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/1879926
Trying to figure out how this software works is a pain in the neck.
http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/1879927
It's a pain in the neck to get there by public transportation.
http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/1879928
It might be a pain in the neck to do this, but we have to do it.
You can also use this expression when referring to people:
http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/1879929
Tom is a real pain in the neck.
http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/1879930
You're a pain in the neck.
This is how "pain in the neck" would be used in the literal sense:
http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/1879931
I have a pain in my neck.
Annotation:
"A pain in the neck" is an idiom.
https://dictionary.cambridge.or...in-in-the-neck
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