Idiom
bust chops
Meaning
To nag; to berate or hound in an effort to elicit action.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Stop busting my chops about the dishes, I will wash them soon.”
“My boss keeps busting my chops about the deadline, even though I am working as fast as I can.”
“Rather than offering constructive feedback, he spent the entire afternoon busting my chops over minor errors that had no impact on the final result.”
Examples
simple
“Stop busting my chops about the dishes, I will wash them soon.”
contextual
“My boss keeps busting my chops about the deadline, even though I am working as fast as I can.”
complex
“Rather than offering constructive feedback, he spent the entire afternoon busting my chops over minor errors that had no impact on the final result.”
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