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
Meyer-Hebrew
Achilleus-Greek Mythology
Aryan-Indian, Hindi
Neta-Hebrew
IlonaEE-lo-naw (Hungarian), ee-LO-nah (German), EE-lo-nah (Finnish)Hungarian, German, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech
Madeleine['mædəlin]