sore point, a



sore point, a

A sensitive or annoying issue, as in Don't mention diets to Elsie; it's a sore point with her. This idiom was first recorded as a sore place in 1690.
See also: sore

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Gillis-Dutch
Neha-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi, Gujarati, Bengali, Telugu
DorineDAWR-eenEnglish
Paulson[pɔ:lsn]
Sunder-Indian, Hindi, Tamil
Lee[li:]