Hello and hello I'm Neil. In this program we're talking about an English phrase

that describes a situation that particularly annoys you.

We call this a pet hate.

Pet hate. Let's be clear this has nothing to do with animals we keep at home,

like a cat or a rabbit. A pet.

It hasn't. A pet hate is just something annoying,

although something your pet does might annoy you. My pet hate is when someone doesn't switch the

lights off when they leave a room.

That is annoying, but not something I would say I hate.

Hate is a strong word.

That means to dislike something very much.

True. A pet hate isn't such a strong dislike for something.

It is something that just irritates you, and not everyone will feel the same way.

Think of pet as something that is personal to you. So Pet Hate

is a personal dislike for something. A similar expression is Pet Peave. Let's hear some examples of pet hate.

My pet hate is when I'm on the train and people are speaking really

loudly on their mobile phones.

Oh, it's so annoying.

My dad's pet eight is having to look for the remote control every time he wants to turn on the TV. I have a real pet hate for the sound of people

biting their fingernails. Oh I wish they wouldn't do it. In this the English we speak program we're talking about the phrase

Pat Haight or Pat Peave which describes something that personally annoys you.

It's irritating to you, but not necessarily a huge concern for everyone.

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