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
Kamal (2)-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Nepali
Duygu-Turkish
Aryan-Indian, Hindi
Gold[gəuld]
Felicianafe-lee-THYAH-nah (Spanish), fe-lee-SYAH-nah (Latin American Spanish), fay-lee-CHYAH-nah (Italian)Spanish, Italian, Late Roman
Nikolaas-Dutch