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Meaning of 芒刺在背

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máng zài bèi
feeling brambles and thorns in one's back (idiom); uneasy and nervous; to be on pins and needles
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Synonym: 如坐针毡
Antonyms: 袒自若
Example Sentences
1
She feels prickles down her back.
2
The general now feels the quartermaster to be a thorn in his side.
3
His criticisms always make people feel nervous and uneasy and also ashamed of themselves.
4
But still feel eyes everywhere in the home, hospitals, roads, as thorn in the side.
5
Apple is now visible in Microsoft's rearview mirror, but a decade ago the picture was far different.