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a pain in the ass / butt
/ɐ pˈeɪn ɪnðə ˈæs bˈʌt/
phrase
a person or thing that annoys one very much
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a victim of
one's
own success
/ɐ vˈɪktᵻm ʌv wˈʌnz ˈoʊn səksˈɛs/
phrase
a situation in which an individual or organization faces negative consequences or difficulties as a result of their own achievements or accomplishments
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a pain in the neck
/ɐ pˈeɪn ɪnðə nˈɛk/
phrase
a person or thing that causes one great annoyance or a lot of difficulty
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to be / go / get beyond a joke
/biː ɡˌoʊ ɡɛt bɪjˌɑːnd ɐ dʒˈoʊk/
phrase
to start becoming a source of trouble or worry
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to come back to haunt
sb
/kˈʌm bˈæk tə hˈɔːnt ˌɛsbˈiː/
phrase
(of a a previous action, decision, or mistake) to get one into trouble in the future
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to get in the way of
sb/sth
/ɡɛt ɪnðə wˈeɪ ʌv ˌɛsbˈiː slˈæʃ ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ/
phrase
to not let someone do something or to prevent something from getting done by causing problems
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long haul
/lˈɑːŋ hˈɔːl/
noun
a task that needs a great amount of time and effort to finish
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stumbling block
/stˈʌmblɪŋ blˈɑːk/
noun
something that prevents the progress or occurrence of something
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to take a lot out of
sb
/tˈeɪk ɐ lˈɑːt ˌaʊɾəv ˌɛsbˈiː/
phrase
to exhaust one mentally or physically in order to be done or achieved
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the last / final straw
/ðə lˈæst fˈaɪnəl stɹˈɔː/
phrase
the final and decisive event or action that pushes someone beyond their tolerance or patience, leading to a significant reaction or decision
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a monkey on
one's
back
/ɐ mˈʌnki ˌɑːn wˈʌnz bˈæk/
phrase
a problem that is in no way easy to solve or get rid of
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like kicking (dead) whales down the beach
/lˈaɪk kˈɪkɪŋ dˈɛd wˈeɪlz dˌaʊn ðə bˈiːtʃ/
phrase
used to refer to a task or activity that is completely pointless and illogical
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to get
one's
hands dirty
/ɡɛt wˈʌnz hˈændz dˈɜːɾi/
phrase
to engage in manual work, particularly one that is exhausting or of high difficulty
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thorn in
one's
side / flesh
/θˈɔːɹn ɪn wˈʌnz sˈaɪd flˈɛʃ/
phrase
a person or thing that is problematic and hard to deal with
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the chill wind of
sth
/ðə tʃˈɪl wˈɪnd ʌv ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ/
phrase
a collection of problems that are caused by something
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milestone around
one's
neck
/mˈaɪlstoʊn ɐɹˈaʊnd wˈʌnz nˈɛk/
phrase
an inescapable problem or responsibility that proves too much for one to bear
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tar baby
/tˈɑːɹ bˈeɪbi/
noun
a problem that becomes more difficult to deal with the more one tries to solve it
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the straw that break the camel's / donkey's back
/ðə stɹˈɔː ðæt bɹˈeɪk ðə kˈæməlz dˈɑːŋkɪz bˈæk/
phrase
one of several difficulties happening after one another that finally makes it intolerable for someone to continue something
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to be drown in / with
sth
/biː dɹˈaʊn ɪn wɪð ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ/
phrase
to be overwhelmed or completely absorbed by a specific thing, experience, or emotion
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