Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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Definition
thorn in your flesh/side
a person or thing that repeatedly annoys you or causes you pain
A relentless campaigner, he was a thorn in the government's side for a number of years.
(Definition of thorn in your flesh/side from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
