
What does "I am busting" mean? - English Language & Usage Stack …
Oct 14, 2014 · I was watching Seinfeld and whenever things start becoming great for George (he is always jobless and miserable) he says : "I am busting". Does it mean breaking the bad luck or …
american english - What is the origin of "breaking one's balls ...
Nov 4, 2016 · Why you gotta be busting my balls all the time. Or he's a real ball buster. Comes from the practice of castrating bulls by breaking their balls with the end of a stick. Also, when someone is a …
What's the origin of the idiom "bust one's chops"?
The odd thing about the exhaustion dorm of "bust one's chops" is that the person is said to be busting his or her own chops. Still the idea of working to exhaustion by "busting one's chops" is no stranger …
Meaning of "bust on somebody" - English Language & Usage Stack …
Jun 11, 2012 · What does it mean to bust on somebody? For example, I bust on my girlfriend.
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Mar 14, 2016 · Busting someone's balls generally, where I live, is more about getting on to someone about something - sometimes just to get a rise out of them, often to take them to task over an issue.
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Jun 18, 2020 · In US slang, there is (to be) busting and the verb bust is a variant of burst. spec. To be desperate for the toilet. Chiefly with for or to. Also to be ready to bust. - OED Apparently, it is still …
Vulgar slang equivalent to "Breaking someone's balls"
Jan 26, 2017 · Similarly ‘busting my ass’. It’s the sort of thing foreigners speaking English, might say, having heard it in a movie. But to English ears it sounds a bit wierd and if someone said it to me, I’d …
What's the meaning of the expressions "break my chops" and "take it …
Jan 14, 2020 · On the one hand it's clear from context that he means "You gonna be a smartass?" and "you can leave". I suspect that the first is related to "bust (someone's) chops" meaning to give them a …
phrases - What's the word for “busting the myth”? - English Language ...
Dec 22, 2014 · Suppose, I want to say that you need to bust the myth that girls are not good at sports or any other stereotype for that matter. What's the word to prove wrong an old, established stereotype? I...
meaning in context - What does "a flute busting" mean? - English ...
Jan 1, 2018 · As it is a rap video the rap use of busting is obviously intended. Although it's normally used to describe flamboyant dancing as in "busting some moves" (or "shapes" in the UK) "flute busting …