fry someone's bacon

English

Verb

fry someone's bacon (third-person singular simple present fries someone's bacon, present participle frying someone's bacon, simple past and past participle fried someone's bacon)

1. (colloquial) To upset or infuriate one; to push one beyond endurance.
   • 1999, Jim Hancock, Raising Adults: Getting Kids Ready for the Real World, page 40:

     As upside-down as it seems to most adults, many kids see lying as a respectful, loving, sensitive act if it protects someone they look up to from unpleasant information. I can't imagine where they learned that. And let's not forget about sex. Can I just tell you how much pornography fries my bacon?