Get On Nerves Definition, Sentence Examples
GET ON NERVES MEANING – Find out what get on nerves really means. Example sentences of this idiomatic expression can also be found here.
The idiom “getting on someone’s nerves” was first used in 1922 by Irish novelist James Joyce. In chapter 13 of his modernist novel Ulysses, he described the phrase: “They would take their squalling baby home out of that and not get on her nerves.”
Since then, the idiom has gained popularity and people began using it in everyday discourse.
Meaning:
- irritate someone
- annoying another person
- for someone to become intolerable
- to aggravate someone to a significant degree
- to annoy and divert someone at work
- rub up the wrong way
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Here are examples of sentences that use get on nerves:
- I saw your sister usually gets on your nerves, but you never resist her.
- Ellen’s idea to go swimming on the dirty beach was pathetic. She’s getting on my nerves.
- Whenever I go to study my younger brother starts getting on my nerves by crying so loud.
- I told her to stop laughing because she’s getting on my nerves.
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