Last Updated :2025/12/04

tread on someone's corns

Verb
UK informal
Japanese Meaning
相手の感情を傷つける / 誰かの気持ちを害する / 他人の自尊心やプライドを踏みにじる
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彼女の計画を批判したときに人の気持ちを傷つけるつもりはなかった。助けようとしただけだ。

present singular third-person

participle present

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past

participle past

participle past

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(UK, informal) To hurt someone's feelings.

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tread on someone's corns

I didn't mean to tread on someone's corns when I criticized her plan; I was just trying to help.

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I didn't mean to tread on someone's corns when I criticized her plan; I was just trying to help.

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