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Bed of Thorns (A)

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A situation of great anxiety and apprehension.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Beaux Esprits (French)
Beaux Yeux (French)
Beaver
Beaver
Becarre, Bemol
Becasse
Becket’s Assassins
Bed
Bed of Justice
Bed of Roses (A)
Bed of Thorns (A)
Bed-post
Bede (Adam)
Bedell
Beder
Bedford
Bedford Level
Bedfordshire
Bediver
Bedlam
Bedlamite