a sore point



a sore point/spot

a subject which someone would prefer not to talk about because it makes them angry or embarrassed (often + with ) I tried not to make any reference to Mike's drinking habits - I know it's a sore point with Kay at the moment.
See also: point, sore

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Young-Sookyung-sookKorean
Ernestineer-nes-TEE-nə (German), UR-nəs-teen (English)French, German, English
Aldrich['ɔ:ldritʃ]
Emilia[i'miliə]
JÓAnnes-Faroese
Rohit-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Odia, Gujarati, Kannada, Telugu, Nepali