So I never gave a hoot. But Pa did. He used to get sore as a boil. (E. O'Connor. ‘All in the Family’, ch. III) — Твои разговоры меня мало трогали, а вот отца они бесили.
Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.
sore — [sôr] adj. sorer, sorest [ME sor < OE sar, akin to Ger sehr, very, lit., sore < IE base * sai , pain, sickness > L saevus, raging, terrible, OIr sāeth, illness] 1. a) giving physical pain; painful; tender [a sore throat] b) feeling… … English World dictionary
Sore — Sore, n. [OE. sor, sar, AS. s[=a]r. See {Sore}, a.] 1. A place in an animal body where the skin and flesh are ruptured or bruised, so as to be tender or painful; a painful or diseased place, such as an ulcer or a boil. [1913 Webster] The dogs… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
boil — [n] blister abscess, blain, blister, carbuncle, excrescence, furuncle, pimple, pustule, sore, tumor, ulcer; concept 309 boil [v1] heat to bubbling agitate, bubble, churn, coddle, cook, decoct, effervesce, evaporate, fizz, foam, froth, parboil,… … New thesaurus
boil — Synonyms and related words: abscess, agitation, antisepticize, aposteme, autoclave, bake, barbecue, baste, be in heat, be livid, be pissed, bed sore, blain, blanch, blaze, bleb, blister, bloom, blow up, blubber, bluster, bobbery, boil over,… … Moby Thesaurus
boil — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sore, suppuration. See convexity. v. bubble, seethe; scald; cook; fume, rage. See disease, heat, violence, agitation, excitability, food. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To subject to or continue boiling] … English dictionary for students
boil — I. /bɔɪl / (say boyl) verb (i) 1. to change from liquid to gaseous state, producing bubbles of gas that rise to the surface of the liquid, agitating it as they rise. 2. to be in a similarly agitated state: the sea was boiling. 3. to be agitated… …
boil — I v 1. seethe, simmer, stew, steam, decoct, brew; cook, heat, parboil, poach. 2. foam, churn, froth, fulminate, spume, mantle; bubble, effervesce, burble, gurgle, guggle; fizz, fizzle, sputter. 3. rage, rave, bluster, storm, rant, roar, rampage;… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
sore — Synonyms and related words: abrasion, abscess, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, ache, aching, acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, acute, affecting, afflictive, aggrieved, agonizing, ague, algesia, algetic, anemia, angered, angry,… … Moby Thesaurus
sore — 1. adjective 1) a sore leg Syn: painful, hurting, hurt, aching, throbbing, smarting, stinging, agonizing, excruciating; inflamed, sensitive, tender, raw, bruised, wounded, injured 2) … Thesaurus of popular words
sore — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. painful, tender, sensitive; grieved, distressed; harsh, severe, intense, dire; slang, aggrieved, resentful, disgruntled. See pain, discontent, resentment. n. wound, abrasion, ulcer, chancroid, sore… … English dictionary for students
sore — I. n. 1. Ulcer, fester, abscess, imposthume, gathering, boil, pustule. 2. Pain, trouble, grief, affliction, sorrow. II. a. 1. Painful (from inflammation), tender, irritated. 2. Pained, hurt, grieved, tender, galled, aggrieved, vexed, irritable. 3 … New dictionary of synonyms
