English Expression of the Week: get Someone’s Goat
The Expression
This week’s expression is “get someone’s goat.” This expression is very useful if someone is annoying or trying to make you angry.
The Meaning
“Get someone’s goat” means that someone is trying to annoy another person, or to make them angry. We can also say this if we want to say that a situation is annoying or angering.
How do we use it
We use this expression in a sentence. It cannot be used by itself as a complete sentence. We must use this expression with a possessive pronoun or with a person. And of course, don’t forget to use the correct tense.
Easy Examples
That really gets my goat. (Very common for this expression.)
Her barking dog really gets my grandma’s goat.
It will really get william’s goat if he can’t buy that car.
Your Turn
Now it is time to practice. What really gets your goat? Leave a comment and tell me about it.
When I was a child when my brother broke my toys he really used to get my goat.
When someone touching my a phone gets me got.
I agree. That would get my goat too.