Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “a thorn in someone’s side” and its meaning is “a person or thing continually irritating/troubling someone; source of irritation, source of vexation, source of annoyance, source of trouble”.
Example Sentence: Alexei Navalny, a well-known critic of the Kremlin, is currently receiving treatment in Germany after becoming severely ill on a flight to Moscow from the Siberian city of Tomsk. Although Navalny is a thorn in the side of the Kremlin, his death would certainly galvanise the opposition. This is probably the last thing that the regime would want at a time when Russia’s closest neighbour, Belarus, is engulfed in anti-regime protests.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article It may seem Putin controls the Russian state personally. The reality is more dangerous and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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