pain in the ass
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pain in the ass
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Dysphemistically modelled after pain in the neck. First attested in the early to mid-20th century.
noun pains in the ass
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Something or someone that causes discomfort, frustration, or annoyance.
Strangely enough, the days I spent at this pain-in-the-ass job were some of my most memorable and valuable.
Similar: pain in the back, pain in the backside, pain in the bum, pain in the butt, pain in the keister, pain in the neck, pain in the rear, pain in the dick, assache, pill
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pain, in, the, ass.
Translations
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noun something that causes discomfort
| Español | patada en las bolas, patada en los huevos, coñazo, grano en el culo |
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| 中文 | 眼中釘 /眼中钉 yǎnzhōngdīng |
| Português | pé no saco |
| Français | casse-pied, emmerde, emmerdeur, épine au pied, pète-couilles, pète-burnes |
| Deutsch | Nervensäge |
| Italiano | seccatura, rompicoglioni, scocciatore, palo in culo, rompipalle, seccatore |
| Ελληνικά | κακός μπελάς kakós belás |
| Română | ghimpe în coaste, junghi în coaste, durere de cap, bătaie de cap, pacoste |
| Русский | головна́я боль golovnája bolʹ, геморро́й gemorrój, зану́да zanúda, зано́за в за́днице zanóza v zádnice |
| العربية | أَلَم فِي الْمُؤَخَّرَة ʔalam fī l-muʔaḵḵara |
| עברית | קוץ בתחת kots batákhat |
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title = {pain in the ass},
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