Meaning of pain in the ass | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Something or someone that causes discomfort, frustration, or annoyance.
   Canada, US, countable, idiomatic, slang, uncountable, vulgar
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pain, in, the, ass.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Strangely enough, the days I spent at this pain-in-the-ass job were some of my most memorable and valuable.”

“His one obligation is that, every day, he must gather $10,000 worth of items from the store – stuff he doesn’t need: electronics, nappies, pet food and so forth – and exchange them for the cash. This is both an acute pain in the ass, and the one thing that prevents him from going insane with boredom. )”

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