“眼中釘”，字面意思指“眼中的釘子（a sting in the eye）”，用來比喻心中最看不慣或恨之入骨的人?！澳橙说难壑嗅敗敝敢粋€人或一件事像“眼中的釘子”一樣不斷地惹惱你或使你痛苦（a person or thing that repeatedly annoys you or causes you pain）。

“眼中釘”常與“肉中刺（thorn in one’s flesh）”一同出現(xiàn)，指心中最痛恨和厭惡的人。

例句：

除去眼中釘
Remove the thorn in the flesh

約翰曾是我的眼中釘、肉中刺。
John was a thorn in my flesh.

我的教授年輕時是一名環(huán)?；顒蛹?，因此他當時顯然是石油公司的眼中釘。
My professor was an environmental activist when he was younger, and, apparently, he was quite a thorn in the oil companies' sides at the time.

Editor: Jade