Emotions & feelings
get under someone's skin
annoy someone persistently
To annoy or affect someone so strongly that they keep thinking about it.
Hear it in real life
Why don't you like that advert?
I don't know - the voice just gets under my skin.
His habit of interrupting people really gets under my skin.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: That noise gets into my skin.
Say: That noise gets under my skin.
The fixed expression uses “under,” not “into.”
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How it fits in a sentence.
get under someone's skin; got under someone's skin
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His habit of interrupting people really gets under my skin.
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get under someone's skin
annoy someone persistently
“His habit of interrupting people really gets under my skin.”
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