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▸ noun: (idiomatic) Something (especially a minor thing) which ruins or spoils everything else, or makes it less pleasant; a nuisance or problem; a disagreeable or unpleasant detail.
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▸ noun: (idiomatic) Something (especially a minor thing) which ruins or spoils everything else, or makes it less pleasant; a nuisance or problem; a disagreeable or unpleasant detail.
Similar:
fly in the buttermilk,
inconvenience,
botheration,
spot of bother,
incommode,
trouble in paradise,
trouble,
misfactor,
worm in the apple,
bother,
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