under one's skin

Idioms  

1. see get under one's skin.

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Example Sentences

Rather than denying a sensationalized comment meant to get under one’s skin, her response was to acknowledge that some people might engage in behavior much different from mine.

From Slate

Maya Angelou claims that home is all those things that we carry inside us, "the shadows, the dreams, the fears and dragons of home under one's skin".

From BBC

Opera gets under one’s skin in mysterious ways.

From Los Angeles Times

“I have always said that South Africa is parasitic. It gets under one’s skin — it certainly got under ours. There were so many brave and wonderful people struggling at that time with such injustice. We could never forget South Africa so when Herb retired from the Foreign Service, we began to think about ways that outsiders could somehow help Black South Africans.”

From Washington Post

“Violence is completely wrong, and I find it sad and weak to allow a sniveling weasel like Andy Ngo to get under one’s skin like this, but I’m also not going to pretend that this wasn’t Ngo’s goal from the start,” tweeted Ms. Clymer, adding that it was the “greatest thing that could happen to his career.”

From Washington Times