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Pain Neck Irritating Annoying Glad Moved Class Real

Idiom to be a pain in the neck
Definition to be irritating and annoying
Examples - I'm glad they moved him out of my class. He was a real pain in the neck.
- Why do you have to be such a pain in the neck? I've got better things to do than to keep hearing about your problems.
- However I think my boyfriend’s sister is going to be a right pain in the neck in the future.
- The whole signing system certainly hasn't improved my user experience with Windows - it's been nothing but a pain in the neck.

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