(be) on somebody's case
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get on somebody's case — verb To lecture, berate, or complain to somebody, especially to find fault or criticize. His boss was always getting on his case about his standards of dress, even though he worked well and seldom left the back room. Syn: harangue … Wiktionary
case — case1 W1S1 [keıs] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(example)¦ 2¦(situation)¦ 3 (just) in case 4 in any case 5 in that case 6¦(reason/argument)¦ 7¦(law/crime)¦ 8¦(box/container)¦ 9 it s a case of something 10¦(disease)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
Somebody Else's Problem — (also known as Someone else s problem or SEP ) is an effect that causes people to ignore matters which are generally important to a group but may not seem specifically important to the individual. Author Douglas Adams s description of the effect … Wikipedia
case — I noun 1) a classic case of overreaction Syn: instance, occurrence, manifestation, demonstration, exposition, exhibition; example, illustration, specimen, sample, exemplification 2) if that is the case, I will have to find somebody else Syn … Thesaurus of popular words
somebody's — pronoun Possessive case of somebody … Wiktionary
Dative case — The dative case (abbreviated dat, or sometimes d when it is a core argument) is a grammatical case generally used to indicate the noun to whom something is given, as in George gave Jamie a drink . In general, the dative marks the indirect object… … Wikipedia
GSIS-Meralco bribery case — Infobox name = Infobox/doc title = Re: Letter of Presiding Justice Conrado M. Vasquez, Jr. on CA G.R. SP NO. 103692 [Antonio Rosete, et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission, et al.] caption = Supreme Court of the Philippines headerstyle =… … Wikipedia
Essive-modal case — This case in Hungarian language can express the state, capacity, task in which somebody is or which somebody has (Essive case, e.g. as a reward , for example ), or the manner in which the action is carried out, or the language which somebody… … Wikipedia
Neko Case — performing at the Henry Fonda Theater in Los Angeles, 2007 Background information Born September 8, 1970 (1970 09 08) … Wikipedia
2006 Duke University lacrosse case — The 2006 Duke University lacrosse case was a scandal that started in March 2006 when Crystal Gail Mangum, [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,265374,00.html Crystal Gail Mangum: Profile of the Duke Rape Accuser] . Fox News. 11 April 2007.] [http … Wikipedia
