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Phrase(s): break (someone’s) balls [and] break (someone’s) stones; bust (someone’s) balls; bust (someone’s) stones
1. Sl. to wreck or ruin (someone); to overwork someone; to overwhelm someone. (Potentially offensive. Use only with discretion.) • The boss acts like he’s trying to break everybody’s balls all the time. • No need to break my balls. I’ll do it! 2. Sl. to kid or tease (someone). • Don’t sweat what I said—I was just bustin’ balls. • Hey, relax, he didn’t mean it. He was just breakin’ your stones!
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs