May 4, 2021
How do you say when something prickles you like a needle?
For example: Do you say, "they pickle me"
or
how would you describe this condition?
Thank you :)
How do you say when something prickles you like a needle?
For example: Do you say, "they prickle me"
To pickle something is to preserve it in brine or vinegar - pickled cucumbers, pickled onions, pickled eggs :)
or
how would you describe this condition?
Thank you :)
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I think usually a needle would "prick" rather than prickle. Prickling is sort of halfway between a prick and a tickle - it's something sharp and hard enough to be painful, but - to me - usually not penetrating the skin.
A bit of gravel is stuck inside my shoe: "argh, I've got something prickling my foot"
Someone is about to walk into a bush that's covered in thorns: "Watch out, that plant is very prickly" (a person can also be prickly, if they are irritable and unfriendly)
You may feel a prickling sensation, or feel a little prickle. And if you say something that someone doesn't like, maybe "they prickled at the suggestion that they might be a thief" - reacted with indignation.
"Something's prickling me", "something was prickling me" feels like the most common use to me. I feel like it would be rare to say "it prickled", "it prickles", "it will prickle", about the physical sensation. I would be more likely to say that the thing "is prickly".
May 5, 2021
Thank you so much for the detailed comment and is 'they prick me' correct?
May 5, 2021
It's correct as long as it's in the right context :) The needle pricks my skin and I watch blood being drawn into the syringe. I pricked myself when I was sewing! Go and see the nurse, she'll prick you with the antidote and you'll be fine (but "give you a quick prick" would be more natural there).
The exact words "they prick me" are difficult to think of a context for... "I have a recurring nightmare where I'm surrounded by needles and they prick me all over as I try to escape." Or "I hate training to fence with those guys, they keep their swordpoints sharp and they prick me with them constantly."
May 5, 2021
Thank you and it really helps me. Actually, I had to translate 'my body stitches feel like needles, they prick me' so I was not sure how to translate it properly in English. I just translated 'my stitches feel like needles' but I wasn't sure about the 'prick me' part so I didn't translate.
May 5, 2021
Yes, I think it fits there!
May 5, 2021
Thanks :)
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