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105 entries under expression topic. ×
| complaint(noun, action, charge, happy) | |
| beef(noun, charge, slang, happy) | |
| gripe(noun, trouble, bother, scorn) | |
| grouse(noun, charge, happy, informal) | |
| kick(noun, charge, slang, happy) | |
| bone to pick(noun, idiom, happy, dislike) | |
| crying evil(idiom, evil) | |
| pet peeve(noun, dislike, hate, bitterness) | |
| bete noire(noun, trouble, bother, scorn) | |
| bitter pill(hindrance, disappointment, annoyance, prevention) | |
| crow to pluck | |
| Herculean task(trouble, worry, concern, strain) | |
| ax to grind(noun, idiom, protest, objection) | |
| ball and chain(idiom, trouble, concern, strain) | |
| big stink(noun, protest, objection, complaint) | |
| black beast(noun, trouble, bother, scorn) | |
| burden of care | |
| cankerworm of care | |
| crown of thorns | |
| crying shame(noun, wrong, damage, abuse) |
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