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105 entries under expression topic. ×
| backhanded compliment(shame, insult, disgrace, embarrassment) | |
| bad blood(noun, dislike, bitterness, complaint) | |
| bad turn(idiom, evil) | |
| be frustrated | |
| casus belli(insult, stimulus, affront, incitement) | |
| cause of distress(noun, idiom, unfairness) | |
| chip on your shoulder(noun, idiom, dislike, bitterness) | |
| civil disobedience(protest, riot) | |
| complain about(verb, phrasal verb) | |
| complain of(verb, phrasal verb) | |
| eye for an eye(noun, idiom, attack, retaliation) | |
| feel wronged | |
| foul play(idiom, evil) | |
| get your own back(idiom, respond, retaliate, react) | |
| getting even(noun, attack, retaliation, vengeance) | |
| give up(verb, phrasal verb) | |
| hard knocks(trouble, difficulty, lack, torment) | |
| hornet's nest(idiom, pain) | |
| hot water(idiom, pain) | |
| ill turn(idiom, evil) |
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