a pain in the neck

뜻

a very annoying person or thing

몹시 성가신 사람이나 일.

예문

1. 1The new parking rules are a pain in the neck for everyone on our street.
2. 2My little brother can be a pain in the neck when I have friends round.
3. 3Filling in the same long form three times because the website kept crashing was a pain in the neck.
4. 4Why is the printer always such a pain in the neck when I'm in a hurry?
5. 5Our neighbour's dog barks all night and has become a pain in the neck.

문법

명사구로, 주로 be나 become 뒤에 쓴다. such a pain in the neck도 흔히 쓰며, 표현 중간에는 아무것도 넣지 않는다.

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