Something or someone that causes discomfort, frustration, or annoyance.
Strangely enough, the days I spent at this pain-in-the-ass job were some of my most memorable and valuable.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pain, in, the, ass.
Dysphemistically modelled after pain in the neck. First attested in the early to mid-20th century.
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