Corns.
To tread on one’s corns. To irritate one’s prejudices; to annoy another by disregard to his pet opinions or habits.
To tread on one’s corns. To irritate one’s prejudices; to annoy another by disregard to his pet opinions or habits.
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.