Idiom
thorn in someone's side
Meaning
A persistent annoyance.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That noisy neighbor is a thorn in my side.”
“The constant technical errors have become a real thorn in my side while I finish this report.”
“Although the new policy was intended to improve efficiency, it became a persistent thorn in the side of the department, causing more frustration than progress.”
Examples
simple
“That noisy neighbor is a thorn in my side.”
contextual
“The constant technical errors have become a real thorn in my side while I finish this report.”
complex
“Although the new policy was intended to improve efficiency, it became a persistent thorn in the side of the department, causing more frustration than progress.”
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