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Hello and welcome to is Faye Faye and Fred

my goat. Hi everyone Neil why have you brought this goat into the studio?

It smells.

Fred doesn't smell.

I've brought my goat into the studio to teach our listeners an expression you can use when something annoys you.

Well having smelly animals in the studio annoys me.

Well in that case fefei you can say Smelly animals in the studio get my goat.

To get somebody's goat, an expression you can use when something annoys you.

That's right, you can say something gets your goat if it annoys you.

You know what, Fay Fay, gets my goat when people say my pet Fred is smelly.

Ha ha, here are some examples of people using the expression, get somebody's goat.

These cues at the post office really get my goat.

I've been waiting for half an hour.

I don't believe it.

I've got a parking ticket.

Traffic warden's really get my goat.

These calls from people selling insurance, get my goat. They've rung seven times already this morning.

To get somebody's goat an expression you can use when something annoys you.

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