sore point
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Noun
editsore point (plural sore points)
- (idiomatic) An action, belief, or state of affairs which is an enduring basis for disagreement or dissatisfaction.
- Synonyms: bone of contention, bone to pick, point of contention
- 1871, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter XVIII, in Middlemarch […], volume I, Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book II, page 337:
- The affair of the chaplaincy remained a sore point in his memory as a case in which this petty medium of Middlemarch had been too strong for him.
- 1911, Jack London, chapter 6, in Adventure:
- It is a sore point with me, this being told what I am to do or not do by you self-constituted lords of creation.
- 2003 October 27, Adam Zagorin, Scott MacLeod, “So Who's Talking To Iran?”, in Time[1], archived from the original on 2011-01-20:
- [T]he talks have touched on Iran's suspected nuclear-weapons program, its sponsorship of terrorism and other sore points.
Translations
editenduring basis for disagreement or dissatisfaction
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References
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