get someone's goat
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get someone's goat
- /ˌɡɛt ˈsʌmwʌnz ˈɡəʊt/ UK
- /ˌɡɛt ˈsʌmwʌnz ˈɡoʊt/ US
Where it comes from
Uncertain; it has been suggested that the term may be derived from French prendre la chèvre (literally “to take the goat”), or refer to the stealing of a goat mascot from a military unit, etc.
verb gets someone's goat · getting someone's goat · got someone's goat · gotten someone's goat
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To annoy or infuriate someone.
It really gets my goat when inconsiderate people drop litter in public.
Similar: get someone's nanny, get someone's nanny-goat, get under one's goat, give someone the shits, aggravate, annoy, nettle, rankle, ruffle, sting, burn someone's ass, antagonize
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verb to annoy or infuriate someone — see also annoy, infuriate
| Español | dar la tabarra, hacer la puñeta, sacar la piedra, emputecer, cabrear |
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| Français | courir sur le haricot |
| Italiano | mandare in bestia |
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