The biggest thorn in his side had been removed, and he couldn't be blamed.

"You've got a big thorn in there, Hlao," he said.

Numerous big thorns start off pink to match the flowers, but as the season progresses turn berry red.

Someone gets to be too big a thorn, it gets pulled out and snapped".

The hawthorn bush is easy to tell because it has big red shiny thorns on it.

The blood evidence is the biggest thorn in my side; that causes me the greatest problems.

Pending acid rain legislation may yet be the biggest thorn for the steel industry.

Mr. Bush responded by endorsing the loan guarantees, and the biggest thorn in the relationship was removed.

That is a big thorn that I have pulled out!

Growing over the wall were thick vines with big, razor-sharp thorns.