What (a) nerve!

What (a) nerve!
What (a) nerve! & Of all the nerve!
Inf. How rude! •

Bob: Lady, get the devil out of my way! Mary: What a nerve!

Jane: You can't have that one! I saw it first! Sue: Of all the nerve! I can too have it!


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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