thorn in (one's) side 관용구

a thorn in my side

one who causes pain, one who bugs me He's always been a thorn in my side - always critical of me.

backside

buttocks, bum, buns When I was learning to skate, I fell a lot. My backside was sore!

beside myself

very upset, very worried, at loose ends She was beside herself with grief when her sister died.

beside one

very upset or excited about something He was beside himself with joy at winning the contest.

beside the point

not relevant to the subject that you are considering or discussing "What you are saying is beside the point. We are not talking about salary now."

choose sides

help one side or team, take sides Some of the students will dislike you if you choose sides.

choose up sides

choose people to play on two or more teams Let's choose up sides and play a game of volleyball.

come onside

come on our team, be on our side, buy into We want to persuade Vi to come onside. We want her to join us.

dark side

bad side of a person, the evil part of our nature Most people try to hide the dark side of their personality.

don't know which side your bread is buttered on

do not know what is really important, have not learned much about life If you refuse the assistance, you don't know which side your bread is buttered on.

a arrow in (one's) side

A connected or assiduous account of annoyance, frustration, or trouble. My assistant was an ecology activist back he was younger. Apparently, he was absolutely a arrow in the oil companies' abandon at the time. My little brother is such a arrow in my side—he consistently wants to do actuality with me, abnormally back I'm aggravating to adhere out with my friends. This activity has angry into a absolute arrow in our side.Learn more: side, thorn

*thorn in someone's side

and *thorn in someone's fleshFig. a connected bother or acrimony to someone. (*Typically: be ~; become ~.) This botheration is a arrow in my side. I ambition I had a band-aid for it. John was a arrow in my beef for years afore I assuredly got rid of him.Learn more: side, thorn

a arrow in your side

a arrow in the side

COMMON If addition or article is a arrow in your side or a arrow in the side, they always abrade you or account agitation for you. She has become a arrow in the ancillary of the government back publishing a cardinal of letters pointing out that accessible banknote was actuality wasted. Note: You can additionally say that addition or article is a arrow in your flesh or a arrow in the flesh. Her mother is still a arrow in her beef — demanding, accusatory and complaining by turns. Note: This refers to a access in the Bible, in which St Paul talks about an affliction or added problem: `There was accustomed to me a arrow in the flesh, the agent of Satan to cafe me, lest I should be astral aloft measure.' (2 Corinthians 12:7) Some Pharisees, who were carefully accepted Jews, acclimated to advisedly aching themselves by putting thorns in their clothes to prick them back they walked. Learn more: side, thorn

a arrow in someone's ancillary (or flesh)

a antecedent of around-the-clock acrimony or trouble. A arrow in the side comes from the biblical book of Numbers (33:55): ‘those which ye let abide of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the acreage wherein ye dwell’. A arrow in the flesh quotes 2 Corinthians 12:7: ‘And lest I should be astral aloft admeasurement through the affluence of the revelations, there was accustomed to me a arrow in the flesh, the agent of Satan to cafe me, lest I should be astral aloft measure’.Learn more: side, thorn

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don't hand me that don't hold your breath don't knock it don't know him from Adam don't know the first thing about it don't know the half of it don't know whether you're coming or going don't know which end is up don't know which side your bread is buttered on don't know your ass from a hole in the ground don't look a gift horse in the mouth don't make a mountain out of a molehill don't make me laugh don't make waves don't mention it don't push your luck don't put all your eggs in one basket