Meanings
present singular third person busts someone's balls · participle present busting someone's balls · participle past busted someone's balls · past busted someone's balls
- slangvulgarTo give someone a hard time, whether by playfully teasing or sincerely harassing them.
Henry: All day long I thought the guys in the helicopter were just local cops busting my balls over Lufthansa. But they turned out to be narcs.
1990, GoodfellasSynonyms: break someone's balls
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo give someone a hard time, whether by playfully teasing or sincerely harassing them.
Translations
Catalan tocar els collons, tocar els nassos
- tocar els collonsto give someone a hard time
- tocar els nassosto give someone a hard time
Greek πρήζω τ’ αρχίδια
- πρήζω τ’ αρχίδια (prízo t’ archídia)to give someone a hard time
Italian rompere i coglioni, rompere le palle
- rompere i coglionito give someone a hard time
- rompere le palleto give someone a hard time
- rompere le scatoleto give someone a hard time
Polish robić sobie jaja
- robić sobie jajato give someone a hard time
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