get off someone's back
71on/off your back — ◇ Someone who is always or frequently criticizing you or telling you what to do is on your back and won t get off your back. He says his wife is always on his back about doing chores around the house. Get off my back! I m working as hard as I… …
72make someone's hackles rise — Julie s compulsive criticizing made her sister s hackles rise Syn: annoy, irritate, exasperate, anger, incense, infuriate, irk, nettle, vex, put out, provoke, gall, antagonize, get on someone s nerves, ruffle someone s feathers, rankle with; rub… …
73tick off — 1) that really ticked me off Syn: annoy, irritate, rile, rattle, anger, antagonize, make someone mad, get on someone s nerves, get to, get someone s back up 2) tick off a list Syn: check off; count of …
74on your back — on (your) back regularly criticizing you or trying to force you to do something. My mom is always on my back about leaving my clothes lying around the house. Opposite of: get (someone) off (your) back. Related vocabulary: on (someone s) case, get …
75on back — on (your) back regularly criticizing you or trying to force you to do something. My mom is always on my back about leaving my clothes lying around the house. Opposite of: get (someone) off (your) back. Related vocabulary: on (someone s) case, get …
76wind someone up — 1 (Brit. informal) Katie was just winding me up: TEASE, make fun of, chaff; informal take the mickey out of, send up, rib, josh, kid, have on, pull someone s leg; N. Amer. informal …
77pay off — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. discharge, let go, drop from the payroll; see dismiss 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To exact revenge for or from: avenge, pay back, redress, repay, requite, vindicate. Informal: fix. Archaic: wreak. Idioms: even the …
78pay back — verb 1. act or give recompense in recognition of someone s behavior or actions • Syn: ↑reward, ↑repay • Derivationally related forms: ↑reward (for: ↑reward) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
79List of Looking Back in Anger episodes — Looking Back in Anger was a Chinese television series.The ParentsThe series starts off with scene of business tycoon, Ding Yau Kin (Felix Wong), waiting for a telephone call. It then moves into a flashback to Kin s childhood years. The young Kin… …
80Looking Back In Anger — Infobox Television show name = Looking Back In Anger caption = show name 2 = Nghĩa Bất Dung Tình 义不容情 義不容情 genre = creator = Wai Kar Fai director = creative director = developer = presenter = starring = Felix Wong Yat Wah Wan Siu Lun Lau Kar Ling …
