like: như cái gai trước mắt
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như cái gai trước mắt * ☊ 
a thorn in one’s side, stand or stick out like a sore thumb * ☊
[ như ] : like, for example, as, such as, similar
[ cái ] : (1) [CL for most inanimate objects, isolated events]; (2) object, thing; (3) female; (4) main, principle; (5) solid substances in soup (as opposed to nước, the liquid, broth)
[ trước ] : before, in front, previously; faced with, in the face of, ahead of
[ như ] : as
[ như ] : like
[ cái ] : piece
[ trước ] : advance
[ trước ] : before
[ trước ] : front
[ trước ] : in advance
[ trước ] : previous
[ trước ] : previously
[ trước ] : prior