Select the correct idiom that can substitute the italicised group of words in the given sentence.
Prof. Ram Prasad was an environmental activist, and apparently, he became annoying and irritating to leather factories over the years.
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. a thorn in the flesh.
- "A thorn in the flesh" is an idiom that means a persistent source of annoyance or irritation.
- In the context of the sentence, it conveys that Prof. Ram Prasad's activism became a continual and bothersome issue for the leather factories.