美 [peɪn ɪn ðə nek]
令人讨厌的人或事：指令人烦恼、困扰或不愉快的人或事物。
something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
同义词： annoyance / bother / botheration / pain / infliction / pain in the ass
头痛的事
... packed like sardines 拥挤得象沙丁鱼罐头一样 pain in the neck 极讨厌的人或物 plain sailing 一帆风顺，轻而易举之事 ...
... Nature cingls 要上厕所 pain in the neck 讨厌恶心. up to oneis neck 忙的不可开交 ...
... neck（脖子）这个部位在人的身体零件中，好象有些无足轻重， pain in the neck “讨厌、恶心” up to one's neck “忙的不可开交” ...
It must be a pain in the neck.
那一定是件麻烦事。
You can be such a pain in the neck!
不过你说的也没错，有的时候我还真的是“pain in the neck”。
Your inner critic can be a pain in the neck.
你内心的批评家可能成为讨厌的家伙。
Other signs can include pain in the neck or the lower part of the head.
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All of this-- pain in the neck right?
是不是敲得你们脖子都酸了？
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and sometimes she's just a pain in the neck.
而且有时候，她很讨厌。
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They're a pain in the neck because they don't speak Thai so they have to have interpreters.
Urea injection, which helps catalytic converters clean up the exhaust of diesel engines, sounds like a pain in the neck.
And, then, consumers really only upgraded when they had to because dealing with technology was a pain in the neck.