pain in the bum

English

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Noun

pain in the bum (plural pains in the bum)

1. (chiefly British, slang) Someone or something very annoying.
   • 2000, Max Allen, Crush: The New Australian Wine Book

     This is fine and dandy for the wineries and the consumer […] but it’s a pain in the bum for people like me who have to pigeonhole everybody to make them fit nicely in a book.

   • 2003, Alan Grayson, Mile End

     “Yes, she’s a pain in the bum, coming over all the time.”

   • 2004, Sandy Row, Surviving the Special Needs System

     I know I became a royal pain in the bum to the LEA.

Synonyms

• pain in the arse, pain in the ass
• pain in the butt
• pain in the neck

See also

• proctalgia