break someone's balls

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Verb

break someone's balls (third-person singular simple present breaks someone's balls, present participle breaking someone's balls, simple past broke someone's balls, past participle broken someone's balls)

(slang, vulgar) To seriously irritate or nag someone.
- 1990, Goodfellas:
  Morrie Kessler: Sorry, did I catch ya in the eye?
  Frankie Carbone: Morrie, stop breakin’ my balls, alright?
(slang, vulgar) To tease or ridicule someone, usually playfully; to take the piss out of someone.

Synonyms

bust someone's balls

Translations

to irritate someone

French: casser les couilles (fr), les casser (fr)
Greek: πρήζω τ' αρχίδια (el) (prízo t' archídia)
Italian: rompere i coglioni, rompere le palle, rompere le scatole (euphemistic)

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