What does estar encima de alguien mean?

ExpressionColoquial

to be on somebody's back

Not leaving somebody alone: checking, reminding, turning up. It is said of bosses, of parents and of landlords, and nearly always as something the speaker does not want to be. It has a positive face — estar encima de un tema is staying on top of it — but applied to a person it is smothering.

Mi jefe está todo el día encima de mí.
A complaint, and a common one.

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Unit 03

¿Qué tal está el piso?

«estás a tiro de piedra»

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