get in someone's hair
The idiom "get in someone's hair" is commonly used in informal contexts to describe a situation where someone is persistently annoying or interfering with another person.
Definition
B2General
(informal)To annoy or bother someone persistently.
Example
- The kids were getting in her hair while she was trying to work.
- Can you please go play outside? You're really getting in my hair.
B2General
(informal)To interfere with someone's activities or plans in an annoying way.
Example
- He's always getting in my hair when I'm trying to concentrate.
- She got in his hair by constantly questioning his decisions.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "get in someone's hair":
get under someone's skinget into someone's headbe on someone's nutsgo to someone's headget into troublehave someone's headtread on someone's toesgive someone a hard timeget inrattle someone's cagestick one's foot in itbutt inget one's claws outgive someone griefget up inin someone's faceon someone's assset someone's teeth on edgeget intorub someone's nose inin someone's way