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 …

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 …

Jan 26, 2017 · ‘Busting your balls’ can mean working hard on something - but you can’t say ‘busting someone’s balls’ it’s not idiomatic. You can say ‘he busted his balls to win that promotion’.

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 …

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...

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.

1838 Southern Patriot (Charleston, S. Carolina) 22 Jan., Chamberlayne's pistol fired, and immediately Lafayette bursted a cap at him. As always, the phrase probably originated in spoken form long before …

What does it mean to bust on somebody? For example, I bust on my girlfriend.

Sometimes (at least in Australia - perhaps those from other Anglophone countries can tell us whether they use it too) we say, 'I am busting to go to the toilet'. 'Busting' means that you REALLY need to …

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 …