She's on my case!

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Hi everyone, how are you? I’m Guilherme Alves, and welcome to another episode of Inglês Diário. It’s really, really good to have you here. So, let me ask you something. Has anyone ever been on your case? I’m going to explain this expression, like someone being on your case, with a little story, alright? This happened to me a couple of years ago at work. I had been working on this big report for a project, one of those tasks that, like, takes forever because it involves a lot of research and double-checking every little detail. My boss, though, was super focused on deadlines, and every day she would check in with me about the report. It started with an email. Hey, how’s the report coming along? I thought, okay, no problem, she’s just, like, checking in. So I replied, still working on it, but it’s coming along. The next day, she stopped by my desk, and she said, How’s the report? Do you think it’ll be done by Friday? I just assured her that everything was on track, but honestly, I was starting to feel a little pressure. By Wednesday, it was non-stop. She sent me another email, just a quick reminder about the report. Then, during our team meeting, she brought it up again. She said, let’s make sure the report is ready by the end of the week. I could feel the entire team’s eyes on me. At this point, it was clear. She was on my case about this report. I knew it was important, but, wow, the constant reminders were making it hard to focus. What about you? Have you ever had a boss, a parent, or maybe a friend on your case about something? Maybe they just wanted to help, or maybe it was their way of showing their care, or maybe it was just plain annoying. Let me know the story. I’d love to hear about it. And there’s another expression that you can also use, which is the verb nag. You can say someone is nagging you. This one honestly has a tone that’s a little more negative, but it means that someone is also annoying you because they’re constantly criticizing or maybe charging you. So if you have, for example, a friend who’s always trying to tell you what you have to do, what you shouldn’t do, you can say this person is nagging you. Come on, man, you’re nagging me. You can also say that a person is on your back. So when someone is, again, always criticizing or always charging you, you can say the person is on your back. So just to remember the expressions that we have seen so far, we can say that a person is on your case, which is like, pegando-nos-so-bem.You can also say that the person is nagging you, like constantly annoying, charging. And also you can say that the person is on your back, which is pretty similar to the expression nagging. So thank you for joining me today. I hope you enjoyed learning these super useful expressions. Don’t forget to subscribe and share this podcast with your friends. Talk to you next time. Bye for now.