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πŸ–Œ Idiom of the day πŸ–Œ
πŸ“ša pain in the neck



✍🏾Meaning
You can say someone is a pain in the neck if they annoy you, or something is a pain in the neck if you don't like doing it.


❗️For example

πŸ”ΈLenny's being a pain in the neck today. He keeps interrupting me while I'm trying to work.

πŸ”ΈIt's a real pain in the neck when you're trying to get some sleep on the train and people keep shouting into their mobile phones all around you.
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🐰The Hare and the Porcupines

A porcupine went to the market to buy vegetables. He was walking very slowly as all porcupines do when he met a hare.

The hare made fun of him saying, β€œLook how slowly you walk!” The porcupine replied, β€œI am slow, but I can still beat you in a race!” β€œFine!” said the hare, ” If you win, I will give you a penny!”

The clever porcupine went home and told his brother about the race and they thought of a plan to fool the hare.

The race began and the hare ran as fast as he could. But when he reached the finish line, he found the porcupine waiting for him saying, β€œSlowpoke! Look how fast I can run!”

The hare had lost the race. He was amazed that the porcupine had won and meekly gave the porcupine a penny. He did not know that there were two porcupines in the race. One had started with him and the other had been waiting at the finish line!

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I can’t tell you more than the bare bones of what happened.
(The bare bones) means:
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Very thin
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the simplest and most important details of something
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Full details of something
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Less important details of something