A THORN IN SB'S FLESH / SIDE

Meaning of A THORN IN SB'S FLESH / SIDE in English

a person or thing that repeatedly annoys sb or stops them from doing sth

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SB — Solomon Islands
Internet Domains 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
SB — abbreviation bachelor of science, southbound
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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
SIDE
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 …
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FLESH — I. ˈflesh noun ( -es ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English flǣsc; akin to Old High …
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SB — I. abbreviation or noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin scientiae baccalaureus Bachelor of Science II. abbreviation 1. sales book …
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SB — symbol Etymology: Latin stibium antimony
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SB — abbreviation 1. stilb 2. substantive
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, …
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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
SIDE — side 1 — sideless , adj. /suyd/ , n., adj., v., sided, siding . n. 1. one of the surfaces …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SB — Symbol, Chem. antimony. [ stibium ]
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
SIDE — I. ˈsīd noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sīde; akin to Old High German sīta side, Old English sīd …
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
SB — 1. [New Latin scientiae baccalaureus ] bachelor of science 2. southbound
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SB — Etymology: Latin stibium antimony
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — substantive
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
SIDE — vi to lean on one side. 2. side ·noun long; large; extensive. 3. side ·vt to furnish with a siding; …
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
SB — ■ symbol the chemical element antimony. Origin from L. stibium .
Concise Oxford 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
SIDE — [side] n [ME, fr. OE side; akin to OHG sita side, OE sid ample, wide] (bef. 12c) 1 a: the …
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SB — [sb] abbreviation substantive Sb [L stibium] abbreviation antimony SB [NL scientiae baccalaureus] abbreviation bachelor of science; simultaneous broadcast, southbound
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
SIDE — / saɪd; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun LEFT / RIGHT 1. [ C , usually sing. ] either …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLESH — / fleʃ; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U ] the soft substance between the skin and …
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THORN — thorn /θɔːn $ θɔːrn/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ] 1 . [countable] a sharp point that grows …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SIDE — I. side 1 S1 W1 /saɪd/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ] 1 . PART OF AN …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FLESH
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
SIDE — n. & v. --n. 1 a each of the more or less flat surfaces bounding an object (a cube has …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. [L stibium]
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
SIDE — n. & v. n. 1 a each of the more or less flat surfaces bounding an object (a cube has …
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
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. [ L stibium ]
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
SIDE — n. & v. --n. 1. a each of the more or less flat surfaces bounding an object (a cube has …
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
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. Etymology: L stibium
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
SIDE — ( sides, siding, sided) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The side …
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
SIDE
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 …
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