Usually means: Persistent, irritating source of trouble.
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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. thorn in the flesh: Wiktionary
  2. Thorn in the flesh: Dictionary.com
  3. Thorn in the flesh: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. Thorn in the Flesh: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  5. Thorn in the flesh: Phrase Finder

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Thorn in the flesh: Easton Bible

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noun:  (idiomatic) A persistent difficulty or something very annoying that will not go away.

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