- get someone’s goat
- tv. to irritate someone.□ Don’t let Mary get your goat. She’s just irritable today.□ Everybody seems to be getting my goat today.
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get someone's goat — (informal) To annoy or rile someone • • • Main Entry: ↑goat * * * get someone’s goat informal phrase to annoy someone It really gets my goat – the way she keeps interrupting all the time. Thesaurus: to make someone angry or annoyed … Useful english dictionary
get someone's goat — ► get someone s goat informal irritate someone. Main Entry: ↑goat … English terms dictionary
get someone's goat — idi +inf get someone s goat, Informal. to anger, annoy, or frustrate a person … From formal English to slang
get someone's goat — informal irritate someone. → goat … English new terms dictionary
get someone's goat — informal to annoy someone It really gets my goat – the way she keeps interrupting all the time … English dictionary
get someone's goat — verb To annoy, infuriate, bother, or incense. It really gets my goat when inconsiderate people litter … Wiktionary
get one's goat — annoy someone He has been getting my goat recently and I am tired of him … Idioms and examples
get one's goat — Vrb phrs. To annoy someone … English slang and colloquialisms
goat — O.E. gat she goat, from P.Gmc. *gaitaz (Cf. O.S. get, O.N. geit, Dan. gjed, M.Du. gheet, Du. geit, O.H.G. geiz, Ger. Geiß, Goth. gaits goat ), from PIE *ghaidos young goat, also p … Etymology dictionary
goat — [ gout ] noun count * 1. ) an animal similar to a sheep but with longer legs and a thinner coat. The male goat is called a billy goat and the female is called a nanny goat. A young goat is called a kid. 2. ) INFORMAL an insulting word for an old… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
