thorn in someone's side

English

Noun

thorn in someone's side (plural thorns in someone's side)

(idiomatic) A persistent annoyance.

Synonyms

thorn in the flesh

Translations

thorn in someone's side

Czech: trn v oku (cs)
Finnish: piikki lihassa (fi)
Romanian: (cu) sula în coaste (ro)

Russian: (leucoma on the eye) бельмо на глазу (ru) (belʹmó na glazú) n, (bone in the throat) кость в горле (ru) (kostʹ v górle) f

Last modified on 13 January 2013, at 04:40