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What pisses you off? Part 2 - vocabulary

 
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Informal ways to express irritation, frustration and difficulty
Noun phrases
Pain in the neck (Am E. Br.E ): /rear/ass/bum (Br.E)/butt (Am.E) : describing anything tedious, difficult, annoying or irritating. Also used to describe people who are annoying, irritating or difficult to deal with:

My boss is a real pain in the ass (neck/butt/rear); [...]

What pisses you off? Part 1 - conversation

 
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Hello and welcome to Uncensored English! Uncensored English is an English learning podcast that teaches you the edgier side of the English language. My name is Lori, and I am the naughty person in charge of the show. At Uncensored English, we believe that mastery of a foreign language [...]