| 单词 | a thorn in the flesh or side |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa thorn in the flesh or side 2. figurative (or in figurative context): Anything that causes pain, grief, or trouble; in various metaphors, similes, and proverbial expressions, as a thorn in the flesh or side, a constant affliction, a source of continual grief, trouble, or annoyance; (to be, sit, stand, walk) on thorns (a thorn), (to be, etc.) in a painful state of anxiety or suspense. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > a harmful thing or person > thing thornc1230 plaguea1382 foea1393 evila1400 flaw1481 detriment?1504 tooth1546 fang1555 decay1563 bane1577 dagger1600 scourge1603 cursea1616 blighter1821 bacillus1883 the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > cause of mental anguish or torment > [noun] roodOE thornc1230 prickc1384 rack?a1425 travailerc1450 goading1548 twinge1548 goad1553 tormentor1553 cut1568 stingera1577 butcher1579 torture1612 bosom-devil1651 wound1844 knife-edge1876 nemesis1933 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > cause of annoyance or vexation thornc1230 dreicha1275 painc1375 cumbrance1377 diseasec1386 a hair in one's necka1450 molestationc1460 incommodity?a1475 melancholya1475 ensoigne1477 annoyance1502 traik1513 incommode1518 corsie1548 eyesore1548 fashery1558 cross1573 spite1577 corrosive1578 wasp1588 cumber1589 infliction1590 gall1591 distaste1602 plague1604 rub1642 disaccommodation1645 disgust1654 annoyment1659 bogle1663 rubber1699 noyancea1715 chagrins1716 ruffle1718 fasha1796 nuisance1814 vex1815 drag1857 bugbear1880 nark1918 pain in the neck (also arse, bum, etc.)1933 sod1940 chizz1953 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [noun] > one who or that which harasses pursuera1382 running sore1453 pesta1522 gall1537 grater1549 plaguer1598 afflicter1600 inflicter1605 a thorn in the flesh or side1611 incubus1648 cumber1669 harasser1707 scunner1796 tin kettle1796 pester1810 pesterer1824 baitera1845 pestilence1886 nudnik1916 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > state of uncertainty, suspense > be in suspense [verb (intransitive)] dependc1430 to hang up1623 to be on (the) tenter(s1633 to be on (the) tenterhooks1748 (to be, sit, stand, walk) on thorns (a thorn)1768 c1230 Hali Meid. 9 Ha lickeð huni of þornes: ha buggen al þat swete wið twa dale of bittre. c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 1055 (1104) Ye, Nece, wole ye pulle out þe þorn [v.r. thorne] That stiketh in his herte. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 159 Welth, wardly gloir and riche array Ar all bot thornis laid in thy way. 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus i. iii. sig. Gjv I see how thou standest vpon thornes. 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer ii. sig. M.ii Ye poore gentilwoman stood vpon thornes, and thought an houre a thousande yeare till she were got from him. c1580 tr. Bugbears iii. ii, in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1897) 99 I sytt all on thornes till that matter take effect. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. v. 87 Those thornes that in her bosome lodge. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Num. xxxiii. 55 Those which ye let remaine of them, shall be..thornes in your sides. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Cor. xii. 7 Least I should bee exalted aboue measure..there was giuen to me a thorne in the flesh [1526 Tind. vnquyetnes of, 1557 Gen. a pricke in the fleshe], the messenger of Sathan to buffet me. View more context for this quotation a1698 W. Temple Introd. Hist. Eng. 93 No Prince ever came so early into the Cares and Thorns of a Crown. 1768 Earl of Carlisle in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1843) II. 316 I should have been upon thorns till you had wrote. 1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals v. i Virtuous love..shall pluck the thorn from compunction. 1822 J. Galt Provost xlv. 331 The perverse views..of that Yanky thorn-in-the-side, Mr. Hickery. 1853 E. C. Gaskell Cranford vii. 100 Peggy wanted now to make several little confidences to her, which Miss Barker was on thorns to hear. 1866 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire (new ed.) xii. 210 The Eastern Church was then, as she is to this day, a thorn in the side of the Papacy. 1886 C. E. Pascoe London of To-day (ed. 3) xxx. 274 Not far from the grave of Elizabeth and Mary is that of the former's thorn in life, Mary of Scotland. 1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers xiii. 379 He was on thorns to be gone from so trying a situation. 1923 D. H. Lawrence Stud. Classic Amer. Lit. ii. 21 Probably I haven't got over those Poor Richard tags yet. I rankle still with them. They are thorns in young flesh. 1924 E. M. Forster Passage to India iv. 34 I can be a thorn in Mr. Turton's flesh, and if he asks me I accept the invitation. 1929 J. Buchan Courts of Morning ii. iii. 187 You've given me a thorn to lie on, just when I was feeling comfortable. 1946 W. S. Maugham Then & Now xxxi. 187 The family that had been for so long a thorn in the flesh of the Vicars of Christ. 1977 E. Quinn tr. Küng & Lapide Brother or Lord 36 Jesus was undoubtedly a thorn in the flesh for many Saducees. < as lemmas |
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