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Meaning of ball-breaker | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A person or task which is excessively demanding or punishing.

US, idiomatic, vulgar

Equivalents

Ελληνικά σπασαρχίδης σπασαρχίδω
Français brise-burnes casse-couilles enquiquineur orchidoclaste
Italiano rompiballe rompicoglioni
Polski megiera zapierdol

Examples

“My slave-driving boss expects me to work over the weekend. What a ball-breaker!”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

ball-buster ball-club ball-goer ball-hawking ball-head onion ball-on-three-balls test

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