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Re: a pain in the neck
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:00 am
by Joe
Yes, this idiom is very much in use today. You can say that a person or a thing that gives you trouble is a pain in the neck, eg:
- Having to convert my accounts from dollars to euro is a real pain in the neck.
- It's a pain in the neck having to delete all the spam in my email.
- John's being a right pain in the neck. Can't you tell him to go away.
See more about a pain in the neck, and a mini quiz, in out Idioms Reference at:
http://www.englishclub.com/ref/esl/Idio ... ck_472.htm
Re: a pain in the neck
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:48 am
by Bambang
Josef wrote:Yes, this idiom is very much in use today. You can say that a person or a thing that gives you trouble is a pain in the neck, eg:
- Having to convert my accounts from dollars to euro is a real pain in the neck.
- It's a pain in the neck having to delete all the spam in my email.
- John's being a right pain in the neck. Can't you tell him to go away.
See more about a pain in the neck, and a mini quiz, in out Idioms Reference at:
http://www.englishclub.com/ref/esl/Idio ... ck_472.htm
- It's a pain in the neck answering a phone call at midnight.
Is the example correct?
Re: a pain in the neck
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 7:36 pm
by Joe
Bambang wrote:- It's a pain in the neck answering a phone call at midnight.
Is the example correct?
Your example is good. You could also say something like:
- Answering a phone call at midnight is a right pain in the neck.
- It's a real pain in the neck having to answer a phone call at midnight.
Re: a pain in the neck
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:49 am
by Bambang
Josef wrote:Bambang wrote:- It's a pain in the neck answering a phone call at midnight.
Is the example correct?
Your example is good. You could also say something like:
- Answering a phone call at midnight is a right pain in the neck.
- It's a real pain in the neck having to answer a phone call at midnight.
Thank you very much, Josef.