what type of figurative speech is 'getting under people's skin'? what's another figurative speech that means the same thing?
2007-05-22 14:38:32 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
a euphamism.
your driving me off the wall
2007-05-22 14:42:54 · answer #1 · answered by idonross 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Olivia, I would call "getting under my skin" an idiomatic expression. This is a phrase, known by the majority of native speakers, at least in a given region, which has a figurative rather than a literal meaning. It has nothing to do with performing surgery or giving someone an injection. It means bothering or irritating other people. I would say that "to drive one nuts" or "to drive one up the wall" are idioms which mean the same thing from about the same era. When people say, "He pushes my buttons," the meaning is similar except that it is implied that the other person intends to irritate one. These types of idioms are constantly changing. Each generation introduces some new ones. The ones your grandparents used frequently are heard less rarely now, and the ones teens are using will probably be heard more often during the next twenty years. That is because language changes to reflect culture.
2007-05-27 23:18:59 · answer #2 · answered by JoycenRay 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
O,
you know by now that it is an idiom. "Let's run it up a flagpole and see if anyone salutes" may be an idiom. An idiotic idiomatic figure of speech, may be something like, "Git 'er done!" What does it all mean, Basil? I think idioms sort of mean something, but what? So, I think you ought to leave well enough alone before this topic runs you up a wall, gets under your skin and causes you to kick the bucket.
2007-05-29 18:11:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is an idiom--a phrase where the words don't have the literal meaning they appear to.
Anther example with the same meaning:
getting on your nerves
2007-05-22 22:05:16 · answer #4 · answered by Melly Flutter 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi
2007-05-30 19:56:32 · answer #5 · answered by jl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is an idiomatic expression that means irksome or bothersome. Another expression for it is "getting under one's nerve."
2007-05-28 08:42:36 · answer #6 · answered by annabelle p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's an idiom and a simile that means the same thing would be- he/she is as annoying as a fly on your forehead!
2007-05-30 17:56:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is indeed an idiom. Another example is "driving me crazy...making my head spin...pushing my buttons"
2007-05-28 19:16:59 · answer #8 · answered by TAT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anal retentive
Rubs me up the wrong way.
Very grating
2007-05-29 09:56:40 · answer #9 · answered by holly 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is an idiom!!!!!!!!!
2007-05-28 01:52:44 · answer #10 · answered by Aparna P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋