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get on one's nerves









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It had been what might be called a rather full day, and the wail of approaching projectiles began to get on one's nerves.

From Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them by Ruhl, Arthur

Impossible that a chair should get on one's nerves!

From The Human Machine by Bennett, Arnold

I don't mind France, where you can tell which is the front and which the back, but this kind of thing does get on one's nerves.

From The Secret City by Walpole, Hugh, Sir

His gaiety does not get on one's nerves as does that of some—perhaps most—professional jokers: neither, as is too frequently the case with them, does it bore.

From A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing by Saintsbury, George

Not at all a bad chap, but rather apt to get on one's nerves after a while—and he had got on mine—horribly.

From Scottish Ghost Stories by O'Donnell, Elliott




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