get someone's goat

The phrase "get someone's goat" means to annoy or irritate someone. It implies causing someone to become agitated or frustrated, often intentionally. It originated from the practice of placing a goat in the stable with a racehorse to keep it calm, and when someone wanted to disrupt the horse's performance, they would remove the goat.


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