😤 5 Words That Make You Sound Native — Expressing Annoyance | EnglishDrops

😤 Five chunks that make you sound native when you're annoyed — politely. Fed up with / put up with / get on someone's nerves / drive someone up the wall / sorry to be a pain. 💧

Today's 5

#	Chunk	Type	Meaning
1	fed up with	expression	completely out of patience — "I'm fed up with these constant delays." ⚠️ Always WITH, never "fed up of" in careful speech
2	put up with	phrasal verb	tolerate something unpleasant — "I can't put up with this noise any longer." ⚠️ The pronoun goes last: put up with IT
3	get on someone's nerves	idiom	repeatedly irritate — "His constant humming gets on my nerves." ⚠️ ON the nerves, plural, possessive
4	drive someone up the wall	idiom	annoy to near-crazy level, one level past nerves — "This printer drives me up the wall." ⚠️ THE wall, never "a wall"
5	sorry to be a pain	polite expression	apologetic complaint opener — "Sorry to be a pain, but could you turn it down?" ⚠️ "A pain", never "make a pain"

✨ Magic Sentence

Sorry to be a pain, but the construction noise has me completely fed up — I can't put up with it anymore, and it's getting on my nerves and driving me up the wall.

🗣️ Real-Life Dialogue (fill in the blanks!)

A: Honestly? I'm so _____ with my roommate right now. B: What happened? A: He's been practicing the trumpet since seven — I can't _____ it anymore. B: Yikes. Doesn't that _____? A: Are you kidding? It's _____ me up the wall! B: So what did you do? A: Well — _____ to be a pain — I asked him to practice after five. B: And? A: He said yes. I know. I almost fainted.

Word bank: driving • fed up • get on your nerves • put up with • sorry

💧 Translations

English	中文	日本語	Français	Español
fed up with	受够了	うんざりしている	en avoir assez de	estar harto de
put up with	忍受	我慢する	supporter	aguantar
get on someone's nerves	惹人心烦	神経に障る	casser les pieds à	poner de los nervios
drive someone up the wall	逼得人抓狂	頭がおかしくなるほどイライラさせる	rendre fou	volver loco
sorry to be a pain	抱歉打扰啦	面倒かけてごめんね	désolé de t'embêter	perdona las molestias

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