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She and her mate have become even larger thorns in my side.
Oops, did you just fall into a pit of thorns?
Hooks, thorns and prickles are characteristic of many South African plants.
Lord Stanley was the prime favourite as an occupant of this bed of thorns, and it has been said that he was actually offered the crown.
The Roman soldiers mocked " the King of the Jews " with a purple robe and a crown of thorns.