pain in the keister
Real aggravating hassle
A pain in the keister is an annoyance or nuisance—a person, task, or situation that causes persistent irritation.
Keister is slang for buttocks, so the expression is a milder, more playful variant of pain in the ass: Filing taxes is such a pain in the keister.
The phrase sounds folksy or deliberately euphemistic.
- rumpRear body portion
- rearBack portion or raise
- nuisanceCause of aggravation
- backsideButtocks or rear
- headacheCranial pain
aggravation · hassle · caboose · bother · tush · irritation · derriere · pest · troublemaker · fanny · booty · posterior · bottom · traffic jam · bad weather · annoyance · killjoy · bureaucracy