get under your skin

get under your skin
get under (your) skin to annoy you very much.

He really got under my skin when he said women were bad drivers.


New idioms dictionary. 2014.

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  • get under your skin — informal 1 : to irritate or upset you She really gets under my skin. 2 : to affect you emotionally even though you do not want or expect to be affected I used to hate the city, but after a while it kind of got under my skin. [=I grew to like it]… …   Useful english dictionary

  • get under your skin — vp To annoy, bother, annoy. These Friday quizzes are getting under my skin. 1940s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

  • get under my skin — bother me, bug me, get to me    Don t let Bob s teasing get under your skin. Don t let it bother you …   English idioms

  • get under somebody's skin — get under sb s ˈskin idiom (informal) to annoy sb • Don t let him get under your skin. Main entry: ↑skinidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • get under skin — get under (your) skin to annoy you very much. He really got under my skin when he said women were bad drivers …   New idioms dictionary

  • get under someone's skin — 1) to make someone very annoyed or upset Ignore Justin: don t let him get under your skin. 2) if someone gets under your skin, you are very attracted to them, especially in a sexual way …   English dictionary

  • skin — skin1 [ skın ] noun count or uncount *** 1. ) the outer layer of a person s or animal s body: She has beautiful soft skin. A dog s skin is covered with fur. Most snakes shed their skin several times a year. fair/dark/olive skin: I have fair skin… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • bags under your eyes — phrase loose dark areas of skin below your eyes that you get, for example, when you have not had enough sleep Thesaurus: features and parts of the facehyponym general words for the face or its featuressynonym Main entry: bag …   Useful english dictionary

  • skin — skin1 W2S2 [skın] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(body)¦ 2¦(from an animal)¦ 3¦(food)¦ 4¦(on a liquid)¦ 5¦(part of an object)¦ 6¦(computer)¦ 7 have (a) thin/thick skin 8 get under somebody s skin 9 by the skin of your teeth 10 make s …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • skin — 1 /skIn/ noun 1 BODY (C, U) a) the natural outer layer of a human or animal body: Babies have beautifully soft skin. | amphibians with their smooth, moist skins | a skin disease | fair/dark skin: Madhur was beautiful with her thick black hair and …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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