pain in the neck

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pain in the neck - a bothersome annoying person; "that kid is a terrible pain" nuisance, pain disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
	2.	pain in the neck - something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction" pain in the ass, bother, botheration, infliction, annoyance, pain negative stimulus - a stimulus with undesirable consequences nuisance - (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive irritant, thorn - something that causes irritation and annoyance; "he's a thorn in my flesh" plague - an annoyance; "those children are a damn plague"