It's getting on my nerves

English translation: it annoys me / it bothers me

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English term or phrase:It's getting on my nerves
Selected answer: it annoys me / it bothers me
Entered by: Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.

07:01 Feb 21, 2005
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English term or phrase: It's getting on my nerves
What is the meaning of that? tq
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to annoy, pester, bother. ("You really get on my nerves.") annoy
Explanation:
to annoy, pester, bother. ("You really get on my nerves.") annoy

Ref: http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wrader/slang/g.html

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Note added at 37 mins (2005-02-21 07:39:02 GMT)
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it\'s getting on my nerves - it annoys me / it bothers me etc.
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Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.
Bangladesh
Local time: 04:39
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +6it irritates me
Elizabeth Rudin
5 +2to annoy, pester, bother. ("You really get on my nerves.") annoy
Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.
5 +1to irritate you
Johan Venter


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
it's getting on my nerves
to irritate you


Explanation:
When something gets on your nerves it irritates you.

Johan Venter
Czech Republic
Local time: 00:39
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Özden Arıkan
8 mins
  -> Thanks, Xola, but Elizabeth got her answer in before me.
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
it's getting on my nerves
it irritates me


Explanation:
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Note added at 5 mins (2005-02-21 07:06:41 GMT)
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It infuriates me, makes me mad.

Elizabeth Rudin
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:39
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Refugio
4 mins
  -> Thank you.

agree  Özden Arıkan
9 mins
  -> Thank you.

agree  Edith Kelly
14 mins
  -> Thank you.

agree  Kirill Semenov
22 mins
  -> Thank you.

agree  Madeleine MacRae Klintebo
1 hr
  -> Thank you.

agree  Paula Vaz-Carreiro
2 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
it's getting on my nerves
to annoy, pester, bother. ("You really get on my nerves.") annoy


Explanation:
to annoy, pester, bother. ("You really get on my nerves.") annoy

Ref: http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wrader/slang/g.html

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Note added at 37 mins (2005-02-21 07:39:02 GMT)
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it\'s getting on my nerves - it annoys me / it bothers me etc.

Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.
Bangladesh
Local time: 04:39
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in BengaliBengali
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Özden Arıkan
4 mins
  -> Thank you Xola

agree  Aimee
10 mins
  -> Thank you Aimee
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