Casser les pieds à quelqu’un is one of my all time favorite French expressions. The literal translation is “to break somebody’s feet” but the real meanings of the idiom include:
- to get on somebody’s nerves
- to drive somebody up the wall
- to drive somebody nuts
- to annoy somebody
Here are some example sentences:
- Arrête! Tu me casse les pieds! Stop! You’re driving me nuts!
Casse-pieds can also be a noun with the following translations:
- pain in the neck
- pain in the ass
- pest, pain, nuisace
par example:
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- Il m’énerve ce mec! Quel casse-pieds! This guy is bothering me. What a pest!
As an adjective casse-pieds means:
- annoying
- irritating
- exasperating
- boring
- dull
par example:
- Tu es très casse-pieds avec toutes tes demandes! You are very annoying with all your requests!
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