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Sentence #33345

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Tamy Tamy September 23, 2012 September 23, 2012 at 1:09:05 PM UTC link Permalink

colloquial

CK CK October 1, 2012, edited April 26, 2019 October 1, 2012 at 4:36:12 AM UTC, edited April 26, 2019 at 6:36:17 AM UTC link Permalink

Related:

(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.

CK CK April 26, 2019 April 26, 2019 at 6:37:23 AM UTC link Permalink

Annotation:

"A pain in the neck" is an idiom.

https://dictionary.cambridge.or...in-in-the-neck

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