pain in the ass
Americanidiom
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More cleaning, more safety protocols, more inspections, more pain in the ass.
From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2021
Bad Boys For Life is like a less self-aware Hot Fuzz, a movie about how much of a pain in the ass it is to be cops who work with wannabe action heroes.
From The Verge ● Jan. 17, 2020
Cycling is my labour of love – I just didn’t realise what a literal pain in the ass and more it would turn out to be.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 26, 2019
“He was one of those guys who had to be a pain in the ass in school,” said CBS’s Bill Raftery, a former partner on Big East basketball games.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2016
To Captain Piltchard and Captain Wren, the Glorious Loyalty Oath Crusade was a glorious pain in the ass, since it complicated their task of organizing the crews for each combat mission.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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