Grind your gears

Grind your gears means to be annoyed or irritated by something. Imagine the irritating sound of the grinding gears of a manual transmission.

English Idiom: Grind your gears

Things need to be neat and tidy at all times. That is my firm belief, and it grinds my gears when things are not neat and tidy.

In the kitchen, it is vital to have a clean stovetop.

When I see a pot boil over it grinds my gears extremely hard. It irritates me to no end.

Imagine the cleanup that has to be done now.

The stove needs to be cleaned the pot has to be scoured, this is why microwaves have a ‘warm milk’ setting!

Some things annoy and irritate me very much.

Untidiness annoys me to tears.

Yes, you understand correctly. The idiom grind your gears means to be annoyed or irritated by something.



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