nails on a chalkboard

English

Noun

nails on a chalkboard (uncountable)

  1. Something that sounds very unpleasant.
    • 2000 May 2, Christopher John, “country singers who turned to acting”, in rec.music.country.western‎ (Usenet):
      That's funny because I hated Randy's voice until I saw that movie. It was nails on a chalkboard until I heard "My Greatest Fear" that song is very pretty, IMO.
    • 2001 February 17, mrs_cal, “Why do you post here?”, in alt.support.divorce‎ (Usenet):
      aside from country music (which is nails on a chalkboard to me, lol) and what my son and I call 'pop drivel a la Backstreet Boys, and N'Stink.<g>....I will listen to, and probably enjoy most anything.
    • 2005 December 6, Nancy Young, “Way OT: Phrases you hate”, in rec.food.cooking‎ (Usenet):
      [The phrase] Where's it at? is nails on a chalkboard to me, but I am sure I have many annoying speech mannerisms, too.
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