give someone grief
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give someone grief — give (someone) grief informal to criticize someone angrily. Don t give me any grief I ve done all I can! … New idioms dictionary
give someone grief — informal phrase to annoy someone, or to cause them problems Thesaurus: to make someone angry or annoyedsynonym Main entry: grief … Useful english dictionary
give someone grief — informal to annoy someone, or to cause them problems … English dictionary
grief — [ grif ] noun uncount ** a strong feeling of sadness, usually because someone has died: An extraordinary outpouring of grief followed the death of the princess. grief at/over: the family s grief at the loss of their child come to grief 1. ) to be … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
give grief — give (someone) grief informal to criticize someone angrily. Don t give me any grief I ve done all I can! … New idioms dictionary
grief */*/ — UK [ɡriːf] / US [ɡrɪf] noun [uncountable] a strong feeling of sadness, usually because someone has died An extraordinary outpouring of grief followed the death of the princess. grief at/over: the family s grief at the loss of their child • come… … English dictionary
grief — [gri:f] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: gref, from Latin gravis; GRAVE1] 1.) [U] extreme sadness, especially because someone you love has died grief over/at ▪ The grief she felt over Helen s death was almost unbearable. with grief ▪… … Dictionary of contemporary English
give — give1 [ gıv ] (past tense gave [ geıv ] ; past participle giv|en [ gıvn ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 provide someone with something ▸ 2 make someone owner of something ▸ 3 put medicine in someone ▸ 4 cause effect/experience ▸ 5 communicate ▸ 6 perform action … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
grief — noun 1 (U) extreme sadness, especially because someone you love has died (+ over/at): The grief she felt over Helen s death was almost unbearable. 2 (C) something that makes you feel extremely sad: It was a grief to him that he had never had any… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
get grief — informal give (someone) grief to criticize someone angrily. I ve been getting a load of grief off Julie because I came home late last night … New idioms dictionary
