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Finnish
Etymology
From piikki (“thorn”) + lihassa (“in flesh”); from the Bible, 2 Cor 12:7: ...there was given me a thorn in my flesh....
Pronunciation
Noun
piikki lihassa
- (idiomatic) thorn in the flesh (persistent annoyance)
Olet ollut piikkinä lihassani jo viisi vuotta.- You have been a thorn in my flesh already for five years.
Declension
In practice this term may not be inflected in all cases.