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Meaning of the nerve of | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C1

Definitions

Followed by a pronoun or personal name(s), expresses disapproval or anger about something done or said by the referred person(s).
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see the, nerve, of.

Examples

“This store charged me twice the price for this item! The nerve of them!”

CEFR level

C1

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

See also

the night is young the nose knows the nut does not fall far from the tree the odds are good, but the goods are odd the old woman is plucking her goose the oldest trick in the book