nails on a chalkboard

Definitions

Something that sounds very unpleasant.

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Examples

“That's funny because I hated Randy's voice until I saw⟳ that movie. It was nails on a chalkboard until I heard "My Greatest Fear" that song is very pretty, IMO.”

“aside from country music (which is nails on a chalkboard to me, lol) and what my son and I call⟳ 'pop drivel a la Backstreet Boys, and N'Stink.....I will listen⟳ to, and probably enjoy⟳ most anything.”

“[The phrase] Where's it at? is nails on a chalkboard to me, but I am sure I have⟳ many annoying speech mannerisms, too.”

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