Dolor de cabeza

[laepelba]

I guess it must be an idiom. Someone or something is "a pain in the neck" if they are bothersome. Doing my taxes is a pain. Or, that student in my colleague's 3rd period class is a pain in the neck.

[irmamar]

Ah!, then, I'd say: "esto es peor que un dolor de muelas". A toothache is much worse than a pain in the neck

[laepelba]

I like that!

[irmamar]

Well, if you don't have a toothache, of course

[pjt33]

Originally Posted by irmamar

I think "gafas" is "glasses"

Maybe eyeglass is "ojo de cristal"

No, ojo de cristal es "glass eye". "Eyeglass" es telescopio.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

@Lou Ann: Right. A figurative of "dolor de cabeza" can also be something/someone that bothers you.

Mi hijo es un dolor de cabeza. Siempre se mete en problemas.
My son is a pain. He's always getting in trouble.

Pues yo soy el dolor de cabeza de mis padres. Nunca me porto bien.
Well, I'm my parents' pain in the neck. I never beave well.

El álgebra es mi dolor de cabeza. Nunca saco buenas notas.
Algebra is my weakness. I never get good marks there.

Mi suegra dejó de ser un dolor de cabeza el día que falleció.
My mother-in-law stopped being a pain in the neck the day she died.

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

@Lou Ann: Right. A figurative of "dolor de cabeza" can also be something/someone that bothers you.

Mi hijo es un dolor de cabeza. Siempre se mete en problemas.
My son is a pain. He's always getting in trouble.

Pues yo soy el dolor de cabeza de mis padres. Nunca me porto bien.
Well, I'm my parents' pain in the neck. I never beave well.

El álgebra es mi dolor de cabeza. Nunca saco buenas notas.
Algebra is my weakness. I never get good marks there.

Yeah, um ... whatever..........

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

Mi suegra dejó de ser un dolor de cabeza el día que falleció.
My mother-in-law stopped being a pain in the neck the day she died.

This last example is more like something that Hernan would say.......

Thanks for these great examples, Malila.

[irmamar]

In such cases I'd say: es un quebradero de cabeza (el álgebra me resulta un quebradero de cabeza )

[poli]

Originally Posted by irmamar

In such cases I'd say: es un quebradero de cabeza (el álgebra me resulta un quebradero de cabeza )

In English, we call this a splitting headache

[Jessica]

I think I learned headache as something else. not sure