give someone the shits
An informal and vulgar phrase used mainly in Australian and New Zealand English to describe causing annoyance or fear.
Definition
C2General
(colloquial, vulgar, Australian, New Zealand)To greatly annoy or frustrate someone.
Example
- Your constant whining is really giving me the shits.
C2General
(colloquial, vulgar, Australian, New Zealand)To scare or creep someone out.
Example
- The eerie silence in the house gave me the shits.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "give someone the shits":
give someone a hard timegive someone griefgive someone the businessget under someone's skinshit ontake the pisstell someone where to shove itshit oneselfpiss something up the wallset someone's teeth on edgepiss abouttake a shitlet someone have it