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It gets on my nerves

A: I wish my colleagues turn off their mobiles during meetings.
B: I couldn’t agree more. It gets on my nerves when people’s mobiles ring in meetings.

We use this expression to say that something or somebody is really annoying.

You can use this phrase in ………… language.

 Spoken
 Written
 Informal

Example 1
A: I wish my colleagues turn off their mobiles during meetings.
B: I couldn’t agree more. It gets on my nerves when people’s mobiles ring in meetings.

Example 2
A: Mike, what happened to your hair? You’ve got really short haircut.
B: Yes I know. It was really getting on my nerves. It was so itchy.
A: Anyway, you look far better without it.

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