- grate on someone
- grate on someoneto annoy someone; to rub someone the wrong way. •
Your negative attitude really grates on me.
•Everything you say grates on me.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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grate on someone's nerves — get/grate on (someone s) nerves informal to annoy someone, especially by doing something again and again. If we spend too much time together we end up getting on each other s nerves. The telephone hadn t stopped ringing all morning and it was… … New idioms dictionary
grate on nerves — get/grate on (someone s) nerves informal to annoy someone, especially by doing something again and again. If we spend too much time together we end up getting on each other s nerves. The telephone hadn t stopped ringing all morning and it was… … New idioms dictionary
grate — I UK [ɡreɪt] / US verb Word forms grate : present tense I/you/we/they grate he/she/it grates present participle grating past tense grated past participle grated 1) [transitive] to rub cheese, vegetables, chocolate etc against a grater in order to … English dictionary
grate — grate1 [ greıt ] verb 1. ) transitive to rub cheese, vegetables, or chocolate against a GRATER in order to cut them into small pieces: grated cheese 2. ) intransitive grate against/on to rub against something and make an unpleasant annoying sound … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
grate — verb 1) she grated the cheese Syn: shred, pulverize, mince, grind, granulate, crush, crumble 2) her bones grated together Syn: grind, rub, rasp, scrape, jar … Thesaurus of popular words
grate — [[t]gre͟ɪt[/t]] grates, grating, grated 1) N COUNT A grate is a framework of metal bars in a fireplace, which holds the coal or wood. A wood fire burned in the grate. 2) VERB If you grate food such as cheese or carrots, you rub it over a metal… … English dictionary
grate — grate1 [greıt] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Medieval Latin; Origin: crata, grata something made of woven sticks , from Latin cratis; CRATE1] the metal bars and frame that hold the wood, coal etc in a ↑fireplace grate 2 grate2 v [Date: 1300 1400; : Old… … Dictionary of contemporary English
grate — 1 noun (C) the metal bars and frame that hold the wood, coal etc in a fireplace 2 verb 1 (T) to rub cheese, fruit etc against a rough or sharp surface in order to break them into small pieces: grated carrot 2 (I) to make an unpleasant sound… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
grate — [greɪt] verb I 1) [T] to rub food against a GRATER in order to cut it into small pieces 2) [I] to rub against something and make an unpleasant annoying sound Her nails grated against the wall.[/ex] 3) [I] to have an annoying effect on someone His … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
get on someone's nerves — get/grate on (someone s) nerves informal to annoy someone, especially by doing something again and again. If we spend too much time together we end up getting on each other s nerves. The telephone hadn t stopped ringing all morning and it was… … New idioms dictionary
get on someone's nerves — IRRITATE, annoy, irk, anger, bother, vex, provoke, displease, exasperate, infuriate, gall, pique, needle, ruffle someone s feathers, try someone s patience; jar on, grate on, rankle; Brit. rub up the wrong way; informal aggravate, get to, bug,… … Useful english dictionary
