thorn in someone's side
A persistent annoyance.
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thorn
UK /θɔːn/ US /θoɹn/
noun 5name 5verb 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
grateful, removed, sharp, white
VERB + THORN
became, got, like, pulled, stepped
THORN + NOUN
bushes, finger, foot, israel's, joy, one's, reality, rima's
PREP.
from, in, in, on, out
ADV.
really
Definitions
noun
1
A modified branch that is hard and sharp like a spike.
2
Any thorn-like structure on plants, such as the spine and the prickle.
On the mountains a few junipers and piñons are found, and cactuses, agave, and yuccas, low, fleshy plants with bayonets and thorns.
3
Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn.
the white thorn
the cockspur thorn
4
That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.
There was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me.
The guilt of empire, all its thorns and cares, / Be only mine.
5
A letter of Latin script (capital: Þ, small: þ), borrowed from the futhark; today used only in Icelandic to represent the voiceless dental fricative, but originally used in several early Germanic scripts, including Old English where it repr
In Old English manuscripts thorn and eth did not have different phonetic values but were used positionally[.]
See also Etymology of ye (definite article).
verb
1
To pierce with, or as if with, a thorn (sharp pointed object).
[…] human nature is, above all things, lazy, and needs to be thorned and goaded up those heights where it ought to fly.
Even Judge Bradley's callused sentiments were thorned by the narration of Jaclyn's journals.
name
1
A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a thorn bush.
2
A place name:
3
A place name:
4
A place name:
5
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Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
thorn in the flesh
A persistent difficulty or something very annoying that will not go away.
Whereas the growth of new middle and upper classes remains a thorn in the flesh to the Communist Party, the military element is inclined to favor this development, in the belief th
no rose without a thorn
To enjoy a pleasant subject or thing, one must also accept trouble and hardship.
every rose has its thorn
Every good situation includes some aspect of misfortune or adversity.
He is ſo good that there is no trouble in him, for that is the imperfection of all earthly good things, as there is a drop of honey, ſo there is a drop of gall; Every Roſe hath its
every rose has a thorn
Alternative form of every rose has its thorn.
He pricked a finger. Every rose has a thorn. Isabella is a rose. Her father is a thorn.
Example Bank
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On the mountains a few junipers and piñons are found, and cactuses, agave, and yuccas, low, fleshy plants with bayonets and thorns.
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the white thorn
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the cockspur thorn
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[…] human nature is, above all things, lazy, and needs to be thorned and goaded up those heights where it ought to fly.
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Even Judge Bradley's callused sentiments were thorned by the narration of Jaclyn's journals.
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Every rose has its thorn.
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