目めの上うえのこぶ

expression, noun

thorn in one's side; pain in the neck; nuisance

Idiomatic expression referring to someone who is a constant source of irritation or obstacle, often a superior or someone more capable. Literally 'a bump above one's eye'.

• 彼かれは私わたしにとって目めの上うえのこぶのような存そん在ざいだ。

  He is like a thorn in my side.

• あの先せん輩ぱいはまさに目めの上うえのこぶで、いつも口くち出だししてくる。

  That senior colleague is a real pain in the neck, always butting in.