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1 If you tell somebody to get off your back, you ask them to stop finding faults or criticizing you.
Idiomatic expression: Get off my back!Универсальный русско-английский словарь > If you tell somebody to get off your back, you ask them to stop finding faults or criticizing you.
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2 оставить в покое, не беспокоить кого-либо
General subject: get off one's back ("Do me a favor and get off my back!")Универсальный русско-английский словарь > оставить в покое, не беспокоить кого-либо
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3 оставь меня в покое!
1) General subject: leave me alone!, leave me in peace!2) Australian slang: go to billyo!3) Makarov: get off my back!Универсальный русско-английский словарь > оставь меня в покое!
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4 Д-405
СТОИТЬ (ТОРЧАТЬ highly coll, СИДЕТЬ ram) НАД ДУШОЙ (чьей, у кого) coll, disapprov VP subj: human to weary s.o. with one's presence, exasperate s.o. with one's importunityX стоит над душой у Y-a = X is ( Y has X) breathing down Y's neckX is pestering Y X is looking over Yb shoulderNeg Imper не стой над душой - get off my back.«Восемь посылок с английской литературой. Помогите просмотреть и разобраться!» - «Одни не можете?» - «Одни не можем!» - «Вот как?!» - «А так: у нас над душой стоит Василий Никандрович и требует. А мы - одни не можем» (Залыгин 1). "Eight parcels of English books. Come and help us go through them and sort them out!" "Can't you cope by yourselves?" "No." "Really?" "Really. We've got Vasily Nikandrovich breathing down our necks and insisting, and we can't do it on our own" (1a).Если она (девушка) ошибалась, а иногда она ошибалась и оттого, что председатель на нее смотрел и Кязым стоял иад душой, он говорил: «А ну перещелкай (= пересчитай на счетах) наново!» (Искандер 5). If she (the girl) made a mistake -and sometimes she made mistakes precisely because the chairman was watching and Kyazym was pestering her - he said, "Well, do it over (on the abacus)!" (5a). -
5 сидеть над душой
[VP; subj; human]=====⇒ to weary s.o. with one's presence, exasperate s.o. with one's importunity:|| Neg Imper не стой над душой≈ get off my back.♦ "Восемь посылок с английской литературой. Помогите просмотреть и разобраться!" - "Одни не можете?" - "Одни не можем!" - " Вот как?!" - "А так: у нас над душой стоит Василий Никандрович и требует. А мы - одни не можем" (Залыгин 1). "Eight parcels of English books. Come and help us go through them and sort them out!" "Can't you cope by yourselves?" "No." "Really?" "Really. We've got Vasily Nikandrovich breathing down our necks and insisting, and we can't do it on our own" (1a).♦ Если она [ девушка] ошибалась, а иногда она ошибалась и оттого, что председатель на неё смотрел и Кязым стоял иад душой, он говорил: "А ну перещёлкай [= пересчитай на счётах] наново!" (Искандер 5). If she [the girl] made a mistake - and sometimes she made mistakes precisely because the chairman was watching and Kyazym was pestering her - he said, "Well, do it over [on the abacus]!" (5a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > сидеть над душой
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6 стоять над душой
[VP; subj; human]=====⇒ to weary s.o. with one's presence, exasperate s.o. with one's importunity:|| Neg Imper не стой над душой≈ get off my back.♦ "Восемь посылок с английской литературой. Помогите просмотреть и разобраться!" - "Одни не можете?" - "Одни не можем!" - " Вот как?!" - "А так: у нас над душой стоит Василий Никандрович и требует. А мы - одни не можем" (Залыгин 1). "Eight parcels of English books. Come and help us go through them and sort them out!" "Can't you cope by yourselves?" "No." "Really?" "Really. We've got Vasily Nikandrovich breathing down our necks and insisting, and we can't do it on our own" (1a).♦ Если она [ девушка] ошибалась, а иногда она ошибалась и оттого, что председатель на неё смотрел и Кязым стоял иад душой, он говорил: "А ну перещёлкай [= пересчитай на счётах] наново!" (Искандер 5). If she [the girl] made a mistake - and sometimes she made mistakes precisely because the chairman was watching and Kyazym was pestering her - he said, "Well, do it over [on the abacus]!" (5a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > стоять над душой
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7 торчать над душой
[VP; subj; human]=====⇒ to weary s.o. with one's presence, exasperate s.o. with one's importunity:|| Neg Imper не стой над душой≈ get off my back.♦ "Восемь посылок с английской литературой. Помогите просмотреть и разобраться!" - "Одни не можете?" - "Одни не можем!" - " Вот как?!" - "А так: у нас над душой стоит Василий Никандрович и требует. А мы - одни не можем" (Залыгин 1). "Eight parcels of English books. Come and help us go through them and sort them out!" "Can't you cope by yourselves?" "No." "Really?" "Really. We've got Vasily Nikandrovich breathing down our necks and insisting, and we can't do it on our own" (1a).♦ Если она [ девушка] ошибалась, а иногда она ошибалась и оттого, что председатель на неё смотрел и Кязым стоял иад душой, он говорил: "А ну перещёлкай [= пересчитай на счётах] наново!" (Искандер 5). If she [the girl] made a mistake - and sometimes she made mistakes precisely because the chairman was watching and Kyazym was pestering her - he said, "Well, do it over [on the abacus]!" (5a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > торчать над душой
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8 избавиться
1) General subject: bargain off, break away, clean out, clear off, dispose of, get clear (от долгов), get off, get out of the way (от чего-л., кого-л.), get rid of, get rid of (от чего-л.), get rid of (от чего-л., кого-л.), give the shake (от кого-л., чего-л.), kick (от привычки к наркотикам), kick upstairs (от кого-либо, назначив на более высокую должность), kill off, lay to rest, liquidate (от чего-либо), make a clean sweep, obviate, polish off (от конкурента и т. п.), put away, shake off, shift, shuffle, sleep off (от чего-л.), snap (от настроения), sweat out, dispose, divest oneself of, escape, make away, shuffle off, throw off (от болезни, неприятности), get off hands (от чего-л.), shake free (of) (от дурной привычки, ига, навязчивых мыслей и т.д.), drive out (от жары и т.д.), cast off (от иллюзий), see back (от кого-л.), see the back of (от кого-л.), get rid of (отвязаться, отделаться, от кого-л., чего-л.), (от кого-л.) cut somebody loose, shed2) Colloquial: push someone off the sled (от кого-л.), clear off (от чего-л.), get shot of (British, to get rid of sb or something)4) Jargon: bag, kiss( someone; something) goodbye, put the skids under, unload (от кого-то, чего-то), dump (от чего-то или кого-то), shut of5) Patents: get out6) General subject: discard (от чего-л.)7) Makarov: drop like a hot brick, drop like a hot chestnut, drop like a hot potato, get free, lose, see( smb.'s) back (от кого-л.), see the back of (smb.) (от кого-л.), whistle off (от кого-л.), clear off (от тревог забот и т. п.)8) Taboo: give somebody the ass (от кого-л.) -
9 отделаться
1) General subject: brush aside, can (от кого-либо), come off, conquer (от привычки), derobe, dismiss, divest, get away clear, get rid of (от кого-л., чего-л.), jettison, make away with, parry, put away, put off, put off (от кого-л.), put off (под каким-л. предлогом; от кого-л.), scape, shrug off (от впечатления и т.п.), spifflicate (от кого-л., чего-л.), to be quit of, worm out, brush away, brush off, dispose, escape, get clear of, get off, get quit of, get rid of, make a good riddance, make away, shuffle off, work off, argue away (доказав несостоятельность довода), come of (небольшим наказанием), kill off (от кого-л.), get off (от наказания), divest oneself of (от чего-л.), whistle off (избавиться, от кого-л.), see back (от кого-л.), see the back of (от кого-л.), put off (от кого-л., под каким-нибудь предлогом), get away with2) Colloquial: brush the whole matter off (от кого-л.), spiflicate (от кого-л., чего-л.), brush off (от кого-л.)3) Law: clear4) Jargon: freeze out, tie a (the) can to (on)5) Makarov: get clear away, make quick work of ( smb.) (от кого-л.), make short work of (smb.) (от кого-л.), see (smb.'s) back (от кого-л.), see the back of (smb.) (от кого-л.), shift off, whistle off (от кого-л.), work off (особ. с приложением усилий), dispose of, choke off (от кого-л.), freeze out (от соперника) -
10 раздражать
1) General subject: acerbate, aggravate, anger, annoy, annoy (кого-л.), arouse (кого-либо), badger, chafe, crab (кого-л.), curdle, discomfit, disgruntle, displease, embitter, enchafe, envenom, exacerbate, exasperate, exasperate (ранку, болячку), exulcerate, fray, gall, get down, get in hair (кого-л.), get on nerves, get on one's nerves, get somebody's back up, get under the skin, give the needle, give the pip (кого-л.), goad, grate, grate on, (обыкн. on) grater, harry, heat, herry, huff, irritate, itch, jangle, jar, jar (on, upon), madden, mag, make nervous (кого-л.), nag, nark, needle, nettle, peeve, prod, provoke, put somebody's back up (кого-либо), rasp, roil, roughen, rouse, rub, rub the fur the wrong way, rub the wrong way, ruffle, set somebody's back up (кого-либо), set somebody's nerves on edge, shake up, sour, spite, stick pins into (кого-л.), stroke against the hair (кого-л.), stroke the fur the wrong way, stroke the wrong way, to stroke fur the wrong way (кого-л.), stroke the wrong way, to stroke hair the wrong way (кого-л.), thorn, tickle, torment, torture, try, twist tail (кого-л.), vellicate (щипками, уколами), venom, vex, wear on, put out, set teeth on edge, rough up (кого-л.), set nerves on edge (кого-л.), get goat (кого-л.), get under skin (кого-л.), rough up the wrong way (кого-л.), get goat (сердить, кого-л.), rankle, go against one's grain, jangle (sb's) nerves2) Biology: exasperate (напр. кожу)3) Medicine: stimulate4) Colloquial: crab-tree (кого-л.), crabber (кого-л.), get somebody's goat, give the fidgets (кого-л.), rattle, rile, tick off5) Dialect: edge6) American: get on nerves (кого-л.)7) Obsolete: irk8) Literal: stroke the wrong way (кого-л.)10) British English: get up somebody's nose (informal), get up somebody's nostrils (informal), mither11) Australian slang: crap off, get in ( smb.'s) hair (кого-л.), get up (smb.'s) nose (кого-л.), give (smb.) the irrits (кого-л.)14) Jargon: bug, get in (one's) hair, rank, turn (someone) off, drive up the wall (=annoy), give someone a pain, wig15) Invective: piss off16) Aviation medicine: incense17) Makarov: aggravate (кожу), fret, get under (smb.'s) skin (кого-л.), go against the grain, go against the hair, imbitter, try temper (кого-л.), chafe against, chafe on, chafe upon, cheese off18) West Indies: bex19) Taboo: bitch off, bum somebody out (кого-л.), fuck somebody off, fuck with somebody (кого-л.), get on (one's) wick (кого-л.), get on one's wick, get one's mad up, gripe somebody's ass (кого-л.), make (one's) shit hang sideways, pee somebody off (кого-л.), piss somebody off (кого-л.), rag20) Phraseological unit: grind (one's) gears (It really grinds my gears when inconsiderate people litter.), harsh (one's) mellow21) Idiomatic expression: under my skin (пример: I can't stand him, he really gets under my skin), get up the nose (get up one's nose) -
11 отстать
1) General subject: be in arrears, be slow, come off, desert, drag, drop behind, fall behind, get off back (от кого-л.), hang back, hang behind, lag, leave alone, leave off, loiter, lose, lose ground, retard, stand behind, stay behind (от компании), straggle, tail away, tail off, to be in retard, wait behind, wander away (от каравана и т. п.), back off (оставить кого-л. в покое, неперех.), get off back (отвязаться, от кого-л.)2) Colloquial: stay behind (от компании и т.п.)3) American: take the dust4) Sports: come back5) Military: fall behind time6) Mathematics: delay, drop, fall back, lag behind7) Jargon: (от кого-л.) get off (smb's) tail8) Makarov: be in retard, get off ( smb.'s) back (от кого-л.), fall astern -
12 отходить
1) General subject: backtrack, branch, come off, digress (от темы), draw off, drop-back, estrange, go, grow away (о ветке и т.п.), leave, pull off, pull out (от станции - о поезде), recede, retreat, secede, shunt, stand clear (в сторону), stand out, walk off (от чего-л.), deviate, deviate to the south, diverge, ease off, expire, lose ground, recover, thaw, turn away, withdraw, radiate, slide away, draw away2) Geology: fall back3) Naval: come further aft (о ветре), come in favour (о ветре), ease off (от берега), free (о ветре), get under way, head off (о ветре), head out, veer aft4) Medicine: spring5) Colloquial: get over (sth. - от чего-л.)7) Military: bug out, conduct a withdrawal, drift back, execute a withdrawal, fade back, give way, move away, retrograde, surrender ground, yield ground8) General subject: walk away from9) Religion: backslide10) Railway term: back away, depart (о поезде)11) Law: depart (от прежней аргументации, от практики и т. п.), depart (от прежней аргументации, от практики и т.п.)13) Automobile industry: branch out, depart (об автобусе)14) Diplomatic term: alienate (or чего-л.), (from) depart, diverge (от мнения и т.п.), drift, drift away from (от чего-л.), pull back, retire15) Mechanics: recess out16) Business: deviate from17) Drilling: recoil18) Automation: recess out (от траектории движения)19) Makarov: back, be out, branch forth, branch off, deliver, diverge (от нормы, стандарта), get off, give ground, go away, outgo, peel, pull out, walk away, come away, depart from, drop back, draw off (с позиции)20) General subject: branch out -
13 разозлиться
1) General subject: be miffed with about, be wild with (на кого-л.), become livid, get a miff, get blood up, get dander up, get narky, get one's monkey up, get shirty, get uptight, lose cool, lose hair, lose rag, lose shirt, lose wig, miff, throw a fit, to be (get) on (one's) hind legs, to be miffed with (smb.) about (at, smth.) (надуться, на кого-л., за что-л.), to be wild with (smb.) (на кого-л.), turn nasty, wax angry, fly into a passion, get back up, get back up, get monkey up, grab for altitude, lose wool, put back up, set back up, mad2) Colloquial: get (one's) jaws tight, get one's rag out3) Jocular: be on hind legs, get on hind legs5) Rude: get rag out6) Jargon: flare up, flip ( one's) lid, flip out, get (one's) dander up, get one's jaws tight, see red, steam, burn7) Makarov: cut up rusty, get ( one's) back up, get into a pet, go in off the deep end, go off at the deep end, go off the deep end, take the pet, turn rusty, cut up nasty, cut up rough, cut up savage8) Taboo: get (one's) ass in an uproar, get ( one's) shit hot, get a hair up (one's) ass, get the butt, raise hell, shit a top-block, shit blue -
14 рассердиться
1) General subject: become angry, blaze out (на кого-л.), bristle, flare, get angry, get blood up, get dander up, get hot under the collar, get into a pelter, get into a temper, get mad (don't be mad at me - не сердитесь на меня), get one's dander up, get one's monkey up, go off (Maria went off last night after I told her about losing her bike.), grow angry, lose one's hair, lose one's temper, lose temper, set up one's bristles, wax angry, blow up, boil, get back up, get back up, get mad, get monkey up, get warm, lose wool, put back up, set back up, set up bristles, fly into a temper (на), get into a temper (на), grow angry with (на кого-л.), get angry at (на что-л.), go apeshit2) Colloquial: lose one's wool, pitch a fit3) American: lose goat4) Australian slang: climb the wall, do( one's) scone, drop (one's) bundle6) Makarov: blaze up, get ( one's) back up, get into a pet, take the pet, flame up, flare up, fly into a rage, fly into a temper, fly out (на)7) Idiomatic expression: get panties in a wad -
15 выйти из себя
1) General subject: be beside oneself with rage, blow cool, blow top, blow up, get blood up, get dander up, get hot under the collar, get mad, get one's shirt out, get rattled, go off the deep end, lose balance, lose cool, lose equilibrium, lose hair, lose one's equilibrium, lose one's temper, lose rag, lose shirt, lose temper, lose wig, to be beside oneself with rage, wax wroth, get back up, get hetup about, have shirt out, lose wool, go loopy, lose self-control, flip one's lid, ("взорваться") get very angry, go spare3) American: blow a fuse, lose goat4) Literal: fly off the handle (he flew off the handle - он как с цепи сорвался), lose one's balance5) Australian slang: climb the wall, do( one's) lolly, do (one's) scone, drop (one's) bundle, go through the roof6) Rude: get rag out7) Jargon: blow a gasket, blow one's cool, blow one's top, burn, flip (one's) lid, fly of the handle, go haywire, lose one's cool, throw a fit, get narked, pop one's cork, blow one's cork, blow one's lid, go up in the air, storm9) Makarov: get (one's) back up, go off the handle, flare up, flip lid, fly into a rage, fly off the handle10) Taboo: get (one's) shit hot, get the butt, raise hell -
16 оставить в покое
1) General subject: get off back (кого-л.), leave alone, (кого-л.) leave in peace, let alone, let it alone, (кого-л.) leave be, (что-л.) give a miss, get off somebody's back, leave somebody to himself2) Colloquial: let up (кого-л.)3) Jargon: get off someone's back4) Makarov: get off (smb.'s) back (кого-л.) -
17 снимать
1) General subject: ablate, acquit (ответственность), anesthetize, bare (of, from), deprive, derobe, discard, dismantle (одежду, покров), dismiss, dismount (с подставки, пьедестала), (необходимость) dispense with, disseat (с должности), divest, doff (одежду), douse (одежду, обувь), draw in (сапоги, перчатки и т. п.), draw off (перчатки), duplicate, float (с мели), gather (урожай), gather cancel, get down (с полки), get off (платье), lay off (одежду), lift, peel away (корку, кожуру, обёртку), photograph, pick, pick off (ягоды), pick off (ягоды и т.п.), pilling down (купальник, спортивную одежду), pull off, put off, reap, release, relieve, remit (налог, штраф и т. п.), remove, rent, room, scale (чешую), shoot, shuck, shuffle off, skim (накипь и т. п.), skim off (пену, накипь), skin, skin off, strike off, strip, take (квартиру), take a photograph, take a picture, take down (со стены, полки и т. п.), take off, take pictures, take up, throw off, uncover (крышку, покров и т. п.), unfix, unmake (с поста и т.п.), unship, unship (весла, мачту и т.п.), unsling, vail (шляпу), white (строку), (кого-л с занятий) withdraw (smb from classes) (Parents will be able to withdraw their children from the sex education classes if they choose.), do away, hire, lay off (одежду), take down (с полки, с вешалки и т.п.), put off (шляпу, пальто)4) Medicine: charm away5) Colloquial: photo, shuck (часто shuck off)6) Military: (с вооружения) discard, dismount (с установки, с лафета), retrieve (информацию)7) Engineering: read in (показания прибора), survey, unload (носитель с внешнего ЗУ)8) Bookish: sublate10) Construction: strip (слой чего-л.)12) Railway term: pick up15) Automobile industry: detach, slide off (напр. шестерню с валика)16) Architecture: lift off, to photostat17) Mining: strip down (опалубку)18) Diplomatic term: discard (с вооружения), draw (деньги со счёта), exclude19) Forestry: couch off (бумажное полотно с сетки), take off (напр. заусенцы)22) TV: erase (потенциальный рельеф)23) Electronics: dump, throw off (нагрузку)24) Jargon: roll (кино), shoot (фильм, телепередачу и т.п.)25) Information technology: unload (бобину с лентой)26) Oil: film27) Fishery: take down, take photographs28) Astronautics: peel29) Cartography: peel off31) Automation: pick-off, unload (изделие со станка), take- down34) leg.N.P. hire (property), lease, raise (a siege), relieve (from responsibility), remove (a ban), rent (an apartment), take (an apartment), take (evidence), withdraw (a motion)35) Makarov: back away, back off, bare (of, from), couch (бумажное полотно с сетки), couch off to couch off (бумажное полотно с сетки), displace (с должности и т.п.), divest (напр. обшивку), divest (напр., обшивку), draw out (деньги), dump (напряжение), head (корку), off, pick (мясо с костей), pick (плоды), picture, scavenge (устаревшее оборудование), strip (одежду), strip (покрытие или плёнку), strip away, strip off, strip off (одежду), click the shutter, draw off, divest of (одежду и т. п.), draw off (сапоги перчатки и т. п.)37) Logistics: scratch38) Scuba diving: strip down (the suit) -
18 сходить
I св viкуда-л to go (and come back)сходи́ть за кем/чем-л — to go and fetch sb/sth
сходи́ за хле́бом — go and buy some bread
II vi; св - сойти́сходи́ посмотри́, как там де́ти — go and see how the children are getting on
1) спускаться to go/to come down, to descend lit; с транспорта to get off; с самолёта to alight; с корабля to go ashore, to disembark/to debark (from)сходи́ть с ле́стницы — to go/to come downstairs, to descend the stairs
сходи́ть с авто́буса/по́езда — to get off a bus/a train
2) уходить с места to leave, to go off; в сторону to step asideсходи́ть с доро́ги — to go off the road,
сходи́ть с ре́льсов — to be derailed
3) о краске и т. п. to come off, to peel- сходить на нет III vi разг; св - сойти́у него́ ко́жа на спине́ схо́дит — his back is peeling
1) за кого/что-л to pass as/for sb/sth, to be taken for sb/sthона́ вполне́ сойдёт за англича́нку — she can easily pass as an English girl, её можно принять за she can easily be taken for an English girl
2) завершаться благополучно to come/to go offсходи́ть кому-л с рук — to get away with sth
всё сошло́ прекра́сно — everything went (off) very well
ничего́, сойдёт и так! разг — OK, it will do (as it is)
да́же э́та афе́ра сошла́ ему́ с рук — he managed to get away even with that fraud
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1) General subject: anger, disgruntle, displease, exasperate, get one's dander up, get shirt off (кого-л.), get shirt out (кого-л.), irritate, make angry, make angry (кого-л.), make cross (кого-л.), make mad (кого-л.), move to anger, move to anger (кого-л.), nettle, provoke, put in a passion (кого-л.), put monkey up (кого-л.), roil, ruffle, set up bristles (кого-л.), arouse Irish, get Irish up, get back up, put back up, set back up, get dander up (ся), put back up (вывести из себя, кого-л.), put monkey up (разозлить, кого-л.), rouse anger2) Colloquial: rile4) Perfume: incense5) Makarov: arouse (smb.'s) Irish (кого-л.), get (smb.'s) Irish up (кого-л.), get (smb.'s) back up (кого-л.), get (smb.'s) goat (кого-л.), make (smb.) cross (кого-л.), put (smb.'s) back up (кого-л.), set (smb.'s) back up (кого-л.)6) Phraseological unit: have had it up to here (I have had it up to here with your nonsense!) -
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1) General subject: (кого-л.) get a rise out of, (кого-л.) get shirt off, (кого-л.) get shirt out, (кого-л.) have a rise out of, huff, make flare up (кого-л.), (кого-л.) make wild, (кого-л.) put in a temper, put out, (кого-л.) put out of temper, put somebody out of temper, rattle, rouse, send up the wall, take a rise, (кого-л.) take a rise out of, make someone go purple in the face, raise hackles, make one's hackles rise, drive spare, throw off balance2) Colloquial: push over the edge (push smbd over the edge), drive sb. up the wall4) Set phrase: put beside himself, infuriate (smb.)5) Makarov: (кого-л.) get (smb.'s) back up, (кого-л.) get (smb.'s) goat, (кого-л.) get a rise out of (smb.), (кого-л.) have a rise out of (smb.), make (smb.) flare up (кого-л.), put (smb.'s) back up (кого-л.), (кого-л.) put (smb.) in a temper, (кого-л.) put (smb.) out of temper, (кого-л.) take a rise out of (smb.), (кого-л.) drive wild, (кого-л.) exhaust stock of patience6) Taboo: put past patience
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get off my back — spoken phrase used for telling someone to stop criticizing you or telling you what to do Thesaurus: ways of making or receiving criticism or blamehyponym to criticize, accuse or blamesynonym Main entry: back … Useful english dictionary
get off by back! — If you tell someone to get off your back, you are annoyed and ask them to stop finding faults or criticizing you. Get off my back Liz! You ve been making comments about my work all day! … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
get off my back — stop criticizing me, get off my case If he criticizes you again, tell him to get off your back … English idioms
get off your back — vp To stop annoying, bothering. Get off my back, man; I m tired of listening to you. 1950s … Historical dictionary of American slang
get off your back — get (someone) off (your) back informal to stop someone trying to force you to do something, or to stop someone criticizing you. I had to sell my house to get the creditors off my back … New idioms dictionary
Get off my back! — Go to Get off my ass! … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
get off my back — spoken used for telling someone to stop criticizing you or telling you what to do … English dictionary
get off my back — v. stop it; leave me alone; let me be … English slang
get off someone's back — get off (someone s) back informal get (someone) off (your) back to stop someone trying to force you to do something, or to stop someone criticizing you. Can t you just get off his back and let him rest for a while? … New idioms dictionary
get off back — get off (someone s) back informal get (someone) off (your) back to stop someone trying to force you to do something, or to stop someone criticizing you. Can t you just get off his back and let him rest for a while? … New idioms dictionary
get off somebody's back — get off sb s ˈback idiom (informal) to stop annoying sb, for example by criticizing them, or asking them to do sth • Just get off my back, will you! Main entry: ↑backidiom … Useful english dictionary