thorn in someone's side

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Noun

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

(idiomatic) A persistent annoyance.
- 2014, Jacob Steinberg, "Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals", The Guardian, 9 March 2014:
  All the billions in the world and Manchester City still cannot rid themselves of the most persistent thorn in their side.

Synonyms

thorn in the flesh

Translations

thorn in someone's side

Czech: trn v oku
Finnish: piikki lihassa
French: épine dans le pied f

German: ein Dorn im Auge (de)
Italian: spina nel fianco
Romanian: (cu) sula în coaste
Russian: (leucoma on the eye) бельмо́ на глазу́ n (belʹmó na glazú), (bone in the throat) кость в го́рле f (kostʹ v górle)

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