on one's nerves

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get on one's nerves

[get on one's nerves] {v. phr.} To make you nervous. * /John's noisy eating habits get on your nerves./ * /Children get on their parents' nerves by asking so many […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

battle of nerves

[battle of nerves] {n. phr.} A contest of wills during which the parties do not fight physically but try to wear each other out. * /It has been a regular […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

jar on

[jar on] {v. phr.} To irritate. * /The constant construction noise was beginning to jar on the nerves of the members of the meeting./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

Bernard De Voto

(1897-1956), Mark Twain: The Ink of History Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom. www.sky-net-eye.com

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