thorn in the flesh

thorn in the flesh

美 　英

• 網絡肉中刺；眼中釘；刺加在肉體上

例句

and if Paul had not had his thorn in the flesh we had missed much of that tenderness which quivers in so many of his letters.

如果保羅沒有一根刺加在肉體上，在他許多的書信上一定會失去多少溫柔！

The Castro regime is a thorn in the flesh; but it is not a dagger in the heart.

卡斯特羅政權是一根肉中刺，然而還不是刺在心上的一把刀。

Paul's reaction to the 'thorn in the flesh' was perfectly natural and spiritually correct.

保羅再三祈求神替他除去這根肉體中的刺，這乃人之常情，在屬靈的層面也是非常正確的。

The man is a thorn in the flesh to Tom.

對湯姆來說這個人是他的眼中釘。

And the apostle Paul prayed three times that the thorn in the flesh be removed

使徒保羅曾三次禱告，求神除去他身上的刺。