get someone's goat

== English == === Etymology === Uncertain; it has been suggested that the term may be derived from French prendre la chèvre (literally “to take the goat”), or refer to the stealing of a goat mascot from a military unit, etc. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɡɛt ˈsʌmwʌnz ˈɡəʊt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɡɛt ˈsʌmwʌnz ˈɡoʊt/ Hyphenation: get some‧one's goat === Verb === get someone's goat (third-person singular simple present gets someone's goat, present participle getting someone's goat, simple past got someone's goat, past participle (UK) got someone's goat or (US) gotten someone's goat) (informal, idiomatic) To annoy or infuriate someone. Synonyms: get someone's nanny, get someone's nanny-goat, get under one's goat, (Australia, colloquial, vulgar) give someone the shits; see also Thesaurus:annoy, Thesaurus:enrage Coordinate term: yank someone's chain ==== Translations ==== === References ===