Idiom for being quickly insulted
Is there an idiom for being quickly insulted?
In Dutch there is the phrase: "You are quickly trapped on your toes", but that would probably not work.Rather tread or stepped on, not trapped. :-)
Sorry that is a false friend since in Dutch it is: trappen.
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We may describe someone as "thin-skinned".
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'Thin-skinned' sounds ok to me.
You can also intensify 'sensitive' as 'hypersensitive' or 'ultrasensitive'.
And 'touchy' is a great word, too.
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We don't say "thin-skinned" in British English (not sure about elsewhere). You can say someone is "touchy" or "sensitive".
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