to tread on sb's corns

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• tread on someone's corns — To hurt someone s feelings • • • Main Entry: ↑corn …   Useful english dictionary

• tread on another's corns — offend someone, insult someone, hurt someone s feelings …   English contemporary dictionary

• tread — treader, n. /tred/, v., trod, trodden or trod, treading, n. v.i. 1. to set down the foot or feet in walking; step; walk. 2. to step, walk, or trample so as to press, crush, or injure something (usually fol. by on or upon): to tread on a person s… …   Universalium

• corn — I. /kɔn / (say kawn) noun 1. collectively, any edible grain, especially wheat in England, oats in Scotland and Ireland, and maize in North America and Australia. 2. the cereal plants still growing and containing the grain. 3. a single seed of… …  

• English literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …   Universalium

• Black Bart (outlaw) — This article is about the American Old West outlaw. For other uses, see Black Bart (disambiguation). Black Bart Born Charles Earl Bowles 1829 Norfolk, England Died after February 28, 1888 …   Wikipedia