English Dictionary

give someone grief

動詞

慣用表現

To cause pain to someone. / (idiomatic) To hassle or abuse someone.

日本語の意味

誰かに苦痛や心の痛みを与える / 誰かをいじめる、または嫌がらせをする

Don't give someone grief for being late when traffic was awful.

交通事情が悪くて遅刻したことで、誰かに苦痛を与えてはいけません。

意味（1）

To cause pain to someone.

Her elbow has been giving her grief.

意味（2）

(idiomatic) To hassle or abuse someone.

Fred was giving me grief over the money I owed him.

gives someone grief （ present singular third-person ）

giving someone grief （ participle present ）

gave someone grief （ past ）

given someone grief （ participle past ）