A minor irritant, but a potential dagger at my throat nonetheless.

It was a minor irritant, he said, but that will change when the balance is depleted within a year.

Directly after the initial accident I'd considered not driving as part of my recovery process and nothing worse than a minor irritant.

The company's staff also shrugs off rain as a minor irritant.

Before 800 most would just walk away if there was a minor irritant.

In fact, the proposal for a center on the deportees may turn out to be a minor irritant.

A new government here could prove a minor irritant to the Bush administration.

"It was only a minor irritant to them as far as we can tell."

Most of the time it is just a minor irritant, but interference can have far reaching effects.

"A minor irritant who's paid five men to kill you," the Kid pointed out.