Idiom
pebble in one's shoe
Meaning
A small and bothersome issue that may worsen over time.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That small error is a pebble in my shoe.”
“The constant noise from the hallway is a pebble in my shoe that makes it hard to focus on work.”
“Although the project was largely a success, the unresolved budget discrepancy remained a persistent pebble in his shoe, threatening to undermine the entire endeavor.”
Examples
simple
“That small error is a pebble in my shoe.”
contextual
“The constant noise from the hallway is a pebble in my shoe that makes it hard to focus on work.”
complex
“Although the project was largely a success, the unresolved budget discrepancy remained a persistent pebble in his shoe, threatening to undermine the entire endeavor.”
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