bust someone's balls
English
Verb
bust someone's balls (third-person singular simple present busts someone's balls, present participle busting someone's balls, simple past and past participle busted someone's balls)
- (slang, vulgar) to seriously irritate or nag someone.
- 1990, Goodfellas:
- Henry: All day long I thought the guys in the helicopter were just local cops busting my balls over Lufthansa. But they turned out to be narcs.
- 1990, Goodfellas:
- (slang, vulgar) to tease or ridicule someone; to take the piss out of someone.