By Angie Pinchbeck
My sister is a real pain sometimes. Shes always getting in my face about stuff, really annoying me all the time! So I tell her to get out of my face, or quit bothering me, but then she gets her nose out of joint and becomes really upset. She tells me that Im always getting on her case—but I tell her to get real! Shes not being realistic because I never criticise her. But her...shes always doing something she shouldnt be, always getting up to
● get sbs nose out of joint(to feel slighted by sth. sb. has done; to take offense at sth.):由于某人所做的某事而感觉被轻视;被某事惹怒。
● get on sbs case(to criticize sb. in an annoying way for sth. that they have done):批评某人。
● get real(to accept the truth and not deceive yourself):清醒一点;别自欺欺人。