Daily life
a real pain
very annoying or difficult
If something is a real pain, it is especially annoying, unpleasant or difficult to deal with.
Hear it in real life
Did you manage to print the form?
Eventually, but the old printer was a real pain.
Finding a place to park after work is a real pain.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The traffic is a real pains.
Say: The traffic is a real pain.
The fixed expression uses singular “pain” after “a real,” not plural “pains.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
be a real pain; find something a real pain
Your turn: say it out loud
Finding a place to park after work is a real pain.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
a real pain
very annoying or difficult
“Finding a place to park after work is a real pain.”
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