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⭐️ Vocabulary / Semantics
I know that it means "to irritate" or "to upset", but who uses it? when? Is it appropriate to use it in small talks or any other kind of casual conversation? or it's only for poems, books and songs?
upd: I've only seen it on Genius trying to understand the lyrics of Under My Skin - Jukebox the Ghost. Soo.. i just want to know if this is legit.
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Definitely is used in casual speech
It's normal to use in casual conversation
It's extremely common
Everyone, it's very common.
When someone or some situation is irritating, usually something that's ongoing. Or to a person who has traits you find especially irritating or unsettling. "Becca really gets under my skin" would mean Becca routinely irritates me.
Yes. If anything, it's primarily used in casual conversation.
THANK YOU
that's really helpful. it seems obvious, but these questions were really getting under my skin, because i wasn't really certain whether my conclusions were right.
As an aside, the way you've used it here isn't quiiiite typical. I'd be more likely to say these questions were "bugging me" (like I was stressed that I didn't have the answer) and use "getting under my skin" more for a nuisance or an irritating person.
Just think of the tingling physical sensation when you get irritated or angry from the adrenaline kicking in.
Normal conversation. It's common.
As an aside people don't use "in small talks" the word "small talk" is a set phrase and is never plural. You would say "is it appropriate to use for small talk".
And yes, it is a fairly common and well known idiom.
oh, didn't know that small talk can't be plural, thx!
You can say "small talks", but as the other commentor said it doesn't mean the same as the phrase "small talk" so could mean a series of seminars or short public lectures. It's not a phrase so it's just putting those two words together - in this sense 'talk' would mean oratory/lecture but it's not something you would need to remember specifically. I've only seen it used once for some university open lectures, but it was definitely just a play on words of the actual term.
It can often be used by others sympathetically: "Don't let it/her/him/them get under your skin."
Side note: That's a great song
Agree!
Yes, it’s very commonly used
Yes, it's very common. Think about how it feels to get a splinter of wood in your skin, or a rose thorn or something like that. It's very irritating and you want to remove it. As an idiom, it means the emotional version of that feeling.
It's actually used quite a lot. Well, that and "[blank] is making my skin crawl" which are often used interchangeably, although the skin crawling one is also used when someone is feeling fearful, often in the context of feeling like they're being watched. But yeah, "he's getting under my skin" or "don't let them get under your skin" is used quite commonly.
Also, I didn't know anyone else liked that song! It's so weird yet I love it.
Yes, it's very common
yes
I hear it often, an use it semi-frequently.
(US Native Speaker-Colorado/Oregon)