Bizmates初級ビジネス英会話 Point 119 ”get on my nerves”

初級者向けビジネス英会話 Bizmates for beginners 第119弾は、”get on my nerves” です。

仕事中に無駄に話しかけてきたり、冗談ばかり言って邪魔をする同僚がいたら誰でもイライラしてしまいますよね。
今回は、そんな時に使える表現をご紹介します。

ヒカは同僚のタロウと話しています。
つまらない冗談ばかり言っているヒカに、タロウはとても迷惑しているようです。

「もうやめてくれ、イライラするよ。」と伝えたい場合、あなたがタロウなら英語で何と言いますか？

“Stop it. I’m getting angry.”（やめろよ。僕は怒っているぞ。）

これでも伝わりますが、タロウは怒っているわけではなく、ただただ迷惑しているのです。

そこで、
“Stop it. You’re getting on my nerves.”

と言ってみましょう！とても適した表現です。

発音もビデオでチェック！
ぜひこの表現を使ってみてください。

Hello and welcome to this Bizmates for
beginners video series

and today's idiom is "get on my nerves"

Get on my nerves. Get on your nerves.
Get on his nerves...

What does this mean?
We will find out, but first let's do our test.

OK, so I have a problem...

it could be a computer problem, it
could be a math problem,

or a finance problem.
And I say:

I can't figure out this problem.
And you say...

not "Don't give up"
but...

That's right.
Hang in there.

A little bit more natural.
OK, so let's go on to today's idiom

get on my nerves

So here's what I sometimes hear

OK, so imagine I'm speaking to my co-worker
and I'm telling a lot of jokes.

I'm a joker, ok?
Ha, ha, ha. I have another joke...

here's another joke...
another joke...

and Taro is getting a little bit angry.
So he says:

Hika, I'm getting angry.

OK, it's a little bit strange.
I understand my jokes

are making him angry.
OK, but a

natural way to say, you know, "stop it"

I'm not angry, but I am bothered.
It's bothering. We can say this...

So I say:
I have another joke. Listen, listen.

And Taro says:
You're getting on my nerves.

OK? This is a very common,
natural expression to say...

Your actions or your... what you're saying
is making me... bothered. Irritated,

like angry. OK? So stop it.
You're getting on my nerves.

Please stop. OK?
So let's look at pronunciation, it's

You're gettingon my nerves.

You're getting on my nerves.
You try...

Good. OK, with my sentence:
Ha, ha, ha. I have another joke.

OK, OK I will stop. just like that.

OK, so you could try using this
if your co-worker does something to bother you

You say:
You're getting on my nerves.

OK so next time, I will say:

Ha, ha, ha. I have another joke.
And you say...

You're getting on my nerves.

OK, please remember this
and we will see you next time.

Thank you.