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What does “Casser les pieds à quelqu'un” mean?

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Casser les pieds à quelqu'un

Word for word

To break someone's feet

What it really means

To wear someone's patience down, to pester them endlessly. Said of anyone who harps on a subject until everyone is tired of it.

How we say it in English

To get on someone's nerves

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