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To irritate or anger someone

rub up the wrong way

give someone the hump

drive up the wall

get on one's nerves

get on the wrong side of

make an enemy of somebody

make somebody's hackles rise

get under your skin

ruffle one's feathers

get on your nerves

raise someone's hackles

drive to distraction

make someone see red

get on your wick

try your patience

get in your hair

make your blood boil

drive round the bend

set one's teeth on edge

put your back up

get your back up

get across someone

stick in one's craw

rub you up the wrong way

make someone's blood boil

put someone's back up

send into a rage

be on the back of

get your dander up

drive round the twist

give someone the pip

give someone grief

get in someone's hair

get someone's back up

get on someone's nerves

hit where one lives

push someon's buttons

rasp one's nerves

drive you up the wall

get on somebody's nerves

raise your hackles

get your hackles up

work into lather

take a rise out of

try someone's patience

get a rise out of

make you see red

try the patience of

become covered with condensation

get on someone's wick

make someone's hackles rise

get up your nose

get under someone's skin

get someone's dander up

ruffle someone's feathers

be on your back

rattle someone's cage

get up someone's nose

put someone's nose out of joint

hurt somebody's feelings

give a hard time

cut to the quick

rattle one's cage

get someone's goat

cause suffering to

give a bad time

get up somebody's nose

breathe down someone's neck

make your hackles rise

be a nuisance to

throw off balance

give the business

give offence to

bend someone's ear

take the mickey out of

hurt someone's feelings

be on one's case

make uncomfortable

take the piss out of

make a monkey of

put on the spot

be a thorn in someone's flesh

get someone's hackles up

cause trouble to

make discontented

put someone off their stroke

be a pain in the neck

be a thorn in someone's side

make somebody's blood boil

put the squeeze on

make someone fed up

weigh heavily on

make jokes about

make things hot for someone

make it hot for someone

cause anxiety to

be sarcastic about

poke mullock at

prey on your mind

prey on someone's mind

make self-conscious

cause anguish to

weigh heavily on one's mind

do someone's head in

put somebody's nose out of joint

get somebody's back up

get someone's wick

put somebody's back up

rattle someone's chain

cause resentment to

cause annoyance to

push one's buttons

put your nose out of joint

stroke someone's hair the wrong way

give someone hell

get on the nerves of

run up the wrong way

lose one's temper

breath down someone's neck

get in the hair of

irritate greatly

cause suffering

be in someone's way

search high heaven

be disagreeable to

push the buttons of

arouse hostility in

find fault with

drive you crazy

be like a red rag to a bull

put pressure on

set someone's teeth on edge

be on someone's back

bring pressure to bear on

inflict anguish on

put through wringer

be in someone's hair

get the knife into

stick the knife into

be the victim of

get on someone's back

drive you to distraction

make someone scratch their head

occupy thoughts

upset the applecart

mess with someone's head

be a great weight on

lead someone a merry dance

play cat and mouse

rub salt in wound

drive you round the twist

drive you round the bend

weigh heavily on someone's mind

be a weight on someone's mind

arouse anxiety in

make it tough for

be a weight on one's mind

be ever present

drive you off your head

cause concern to

cause discomfort to

break one's heart

give the cold shoulder

put a damper on

break the heart of

put into a funk

jump on one's case

put into a flap

cause someone to lose their composure

throw into a tizz

get on someone's case

drive you out of your mind

drive out of mind

have had enough

exhaust someone's patience

make demands on

make severe demands on

put a strain on

hurt one's feelings

hurt the feelings of

put someone off their stride

make someone laugh on the other side of their face

make someone laugh out of the other side of their mouth

set someone back on their heels

take the wind out of someone's sails

throw into tizzy

give the needle

lie heavy on someone's mind

weigh heavy on someone's mind

cause someone difficulty

lose the affection of

be disagreeable

be an affront to

tread on someone's toes

put out of countenance

throw into a tizzy

catch one short

hit a sour note

be the matter with

be a problem to

make someone go out of his way

give someone bother

get one's comeuppance

make someone eat humble pie

take down a peg

take the wind out

keep someone hanging on

make someone's mouth water

make your mouth water

cause bitterness

cause annoyance

cause resentment

eat away at one's mind

gnaw at one's mind

bring under the yoke

rule with an iron hand

trample underfoot

weigh heavy upon

rule with a rod of iron

bring someone to their knees

ride roughshod over

make matters worse

to make matters worse

go from bad to worse

rub salt in the wounds

add fuel to the flames

compound the problem

add insult to injury

add fuel to the fire

rub salt in a wound

fan the flames of

pull someone's leg

pull somebody's leg

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