1. There is not one of his characters who does not have that thorn in the flesh, who does not aggravate it or seek a remedy for it in sensation or immortality.[24] 他笔下的人物没有一个不是肉中带着这根刺,不去刺激它,也没有一个人不是在情感和永生中寻求解决之法。
2. "LUI Bo said," Tso ah, you as a thorn in the side of most of the flesh of my LUI Bo is not it? 吕布说,“曹公啊,你最视为眼中钉的肉中刺的不就是我吕布吗?”
3. Cinderella is the thorn in her stepmother's flesh. 灰姑娘是她后母的眼中钉肉中刺。