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getting on my last nerve

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  • Most often used to describe a person or persons who are causing EXTREME irritation. As in, "When he told me he would be late AGAIN, I told him he was getting on my last nerve.'"

    March 5, 2008

  • Srkrause, that's a phrase I've heard only in Pennsylvania. Do you happen to be in or hail from the area?

    March 5, 2008

  • Don't know about Srkrause, but I myself have lived in dutch country PA my entire life, and I'm quite familiar with the phrase- so much so that's I'm surprised to hear it's native.

    March 5, 2008

  • I hear that in Wisconsin, too.

    March 6, 2008

  • Oh, I don't know whether it's native to the area or not, anydelirium--that's why I was asking. But hey, we're neighbors! :-)

    If Treeseed hears it way over in Wisconsin, it's probably more widespread than I thought.

    March 6, 2008

  • Pacific NW, too. And Louisiana, I think...

    March 6, 2008

  • My wife grew up north of Philadelphia and is familiar with the phrase. I grew up across the river in South Jersey, and never heard it before today.

    March 6, 2008

  • Well, now we know. I guess it's just all over the darn place.

    That really gets on my last nerve.

    March 6, 2008