bust one’s balls —(coarse sl.; used of men) work extremely hard to accomplish smth.:
- I have only two days until the examination, so I have to bust my balls if I don’t want to fail.
bust someone’s balls —(coarse sl.)
1. make fun of or tease a man:
- Everybody in the classroom bust Tom’s balls about his bald head.
2. (of a woman) ridicule a man; hurt a man’s feelings:
- Janet has a bad habit; she loves to bust a man’s balls if he tries to flirt with her.