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pain in the neck

1. (general)

I have to fill out the whole form again because I wrote with the wrong kind of pen. - What a pain in the neck!Tengo que completar todo el formulario de nuevo porque escribí con el tipo incorrecto de bolígrafo. - ¡Qué fastidio!

b. el incordio

The workers start drilling at six in the morning right outside my window. It's a real pain in the neck.Los obreros empiezan a taladrar a las seis de la mañana justo al lado de mi ventana. De verdad es un incordio.

c. la lata

I have to take an antibiotic every day at the same time for two weeks. It's a pain in the neck to remember.Tengo que tomar un antibiótico todos los días a la misma hora por dos semanas. Es una lata andar recordándolo.

I like most of my new students, but there's one boy who is a pain in the neck.La mayoría de mis alumnos nuevos me caen bien, pero hay un chico que es insoportable.

My little brothers are a pain in the neck.Mis hermanitos me sacan de quicio.

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