THORN IN ONE'S FLESH

Meaning of THORN IN ONE'S FLESH in English

constant irritant, something which is very bothersome and cannot be avoided or escaped

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THORN — Christs thorn:Thorny Asian shrub: (Christianity) A thorny Asian shrub or tree, especially a jujube or a Jerusalem thorn, whose branches …
Advanced Islamic English Dictionary
THORN — I. ˈthȯ(ə)rn, -ȯ(ə)n noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FLESH — I. ˈflesh noun ( -es ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English flǣsc; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THORN — (v. t.) To prick, as with a thorn.
Английский словарь Webster
THORN — (n.) The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter /, capital form /. It was used to represent both of the sounds …
Английский словарь Webster
THORN — (n.) Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care.
Английский словарь Webster
THORN — (n.) Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Crataegus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, …
Английский словарь Webster
THORN — ( v. t. ) To prick, as with a thorn.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THORN — ( n. ) The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter /, capital form /. It was used to represent both of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THORN — ( n. ) Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THORN — ( n. ) Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Crataegus, as the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THORN — — thornless , adj. — thornlike , adj. /thawrn/ , n. 1. a sharp excrescence on a plant, esp. a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FLESH — — fleshless , adj. /flesh/ , n. 1. the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FLESH — v. pierce flesh with a weapon; remove flesh from skin; excite to kill; inure to bloodshed; fatten
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FLESH — I. ˈflesh noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English flǣsc; akin to Old High German fleisk flesh and perhaps to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THORN — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German dorn thorn, Sanskrit tṛṇa grass, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THORN — vt to prick, as with a thorn. 2. thorn ·noun fig.: that which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything …
Webster English vocab
FLESH — noun human nature. 2. flesh ·noun kindred; stock; race. 3. flesh ·noun the human eace; mankind; humanity. 4. flesh ·noun …
Webster English vocab
THORN — [thorn] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG dorn thorn, Skt trna grass, blade of grass] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FLESH — [flesh] n [ME, fr. OE flaesc; akin to OHG fleisk flesh and perh. to ON fla to flay--more at flay] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
THORN — thorn, Thorn BrE AmE θɔːn AmE θɔːrn ▷ thorns θɔːnz AmE θɔːrnz ▶ ˈ thorn ˌ apple BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FLESH — flesh BrE AmE fleʃ ▷ fleshed fleʃt ▷ fleshes ˈfleʃ ɪz -əz ▷ fleshing ˈfleʃ ɪŋ ▶ ˈ flesh wound …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLESH — / fleʃ; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U ] the soft substance between the skin and …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THORN — thorn /θɔːn $ θɔːrn/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ] 1 . [countable] a sharp point that grows …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THORN — n. 1 a stiff sharp-pointed projection on a plant. 2 a thorn-bearing shrub or tree. 3 the name of an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FLESH — n. & v. --n. 1 a the soft, esp. muscular, substance between the skin and bones of an animal or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THORN — n. 1 a stiff sharp-pointed projection on a plant. 2 a thorn-bearing shrub or tree. 3 the name of an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FLESH — n. & v. n. 1 a the soft, esp. muscular, substance between the skin and bones of an animal or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THORN — n.1 a stiff sharp-pointed projection on a plant. 2 a thorn-bearing shrub or tree. 3 the name of an Old …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
FLESH — n. & v. --n. 1. a the soft, esp. muscular, substance between the skin and bones of an animal or …
Oxford English vocab
THORN — ( thorns) 1. Thorns are the sharp points on some plants and trees, for example on a rose bush. N-COUNT …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLESH — ( fleshes, fleshing, fleshed) 1. Flesh is the soft part of a person’s or animal’s body between the bones and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLESH — (~es, ~ing, ~ed) 1. Flesh is the soft part of a person’s or animal’s body between the bones and the …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
THORN — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN bush ▪ It galloped towards the boy in silence, swinging a thorn bush from …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FLESH — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a flesh wound (= one that does not injure bones or parts inside the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THORN — [noun] [C] - a small sharp pointed growth on the stem of a plantrose thornsthorn bushesA thorn in the flesh/side …
Cambridge English vocab
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Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FLESH — See: IN PERSON also IN THE FLESH, NEITHER FISH NOR FOWL also NEITHER FISH, FLESH, NOR FOWL, PRESS THE FLESH, …
Slang English vocab
FLESH — noun 1 soft part of sb's body ADJECTIVE ▪ firm , smooth , soft , tender ▪ pale , pink …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FLESH — n. 25B6; noun you need more flesh on your bones : MUSCLE, meat, tissue, brawn; informal beef. she carries too …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FLESH — n. 1 meat; tissue, muscle We ate the flesh and threw away the fat, bones, and skin 2 body, corporeality, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FLESH — See: IN PERSON also IN THE FLESH, NEITHER FISH NOR FOWL also NEITHER FISH, FLESH, NOR FOWL, PRESS THE FLESH, …
Словарь английских идиом
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
THORN — сущ. 1) колючка, шип; колючее растение 2) торн (старое название рунической буквы р, соответствующей th) ∙ a thorn in one's …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THORN — thorn.ogg 1. θɔ:n n 1. бот. колючка, шип 2. колючее растение 3. pl оковы; тернии 4. торн ( старое название …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
IN — in.ogg 1. ın n 1. 1> (the ins) pl парл. разг. политическая партия, находящаяся у власти см. тж. 2> обыкн. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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