give someone the shits

Verb

give someone the shits (third-person singular simple present gives someone the shits, present participle giving someone the shits, simple past gave someone the shits, past participle given someone the shits)

1. (Australia, colloquial, vulgar) To annoy or frustrate someone to a great degree.
   • Can you stop sending me text messages at two in the morning? You're giving me the shits!
   • ‘You give me the shits,’ I stammered, sick with anger. ‘You give me the shits.’1977, Helen Garner, Monkey Grip, ReadHowYouWant, published 2011, page 222

   Synonyms:

   boil someone's piss, piss off, aggravate, annoy, nettle, rankle, ruffle, sting, burn someone's ass, antagonize

2. (vulgar) To creep someone out; to scare someone.
   • Can you stop perching on the cliff ledge? You're giving me the shits!
   • This feeling of being the last man on earth is giving me the shits.1996, Peter Rimmer, Cry of the Fish Eagle, page 16

   Synonyms:

   scare the shit out of, alarm, affright, appall, dismay, fray, frighten, grill, harrow, horrify

3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: cause diarrhea.
   • Can you stop ignoring the health code requirements for commercial kitchens? You're giving everyone the shits!