figurative. To make one's way insidiously like a worm into (a person's confidence, secret affairs, etc.); to burrow in so as to hurt or destroy…
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释义 | the mind > emotion > jealousy or envy > be or become jealous or envious [verb (intransitive)] > become embedded (of jealousy or envy) (1) worm1627 figurative. To make one's way insidiously like a worm into (a person's confidence, secret affairs, etc.); to burrow in so as to hurt or destroy… |
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