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Definition of gnat bite in English: gnat bitenoun 1A small red mark on the skin caused by the bite of a gnat. vinegar is good for gnat bites and spots Example sentencesExamples - England's giant former prop Andrew Sheridan was laid low by a gnat bite during the buildup to the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
- No one ever dies from a gnat bite, or a swarming gnat attack.
- It would seem that a well-placed gnat bite can in fact inflame an elephant.
- If the area around a gnat bite is very swollen, a doctor might prescribe a special cream, or medicine by mouth.
- Owing to a gnat bite, one of her eyes was swollen shut.
- Gnat bites are a common problem, and these bites can be painful and cause extreme swelling, itching, and irritation on the skin.
- In some hypersensitive individuals, a gnat bite can produce a greatly inflamed local swelling.
- Rather than letting the antihistamines remain unused I took them myself for my own allergy - gnat bites.
- 1.1 A very minor inconvenience or cost.
the fines, even at the high end, are gnat bites for the banks Example sentencesExamples - Meanwhile, a huge company won't even notice the gnat bites that the startup takes out of its revenues.
- Regional journalism is a world where, when they get a letter from the PCC, editors are worried about the consequences, rather than shrugging it off as a gnat-bite inconvenience.
- For a company of their size and stability, it is a financial gnat bite.
- Standard stuff and a mere gnat bite compared to the chunks being taken out of the digital TV company every day.
- No one has noticed that the Opposition's attacks are a gnat bite compared with the beatings the Prime Minister receives from his own backbenchers.
- The news from Australia had been a gnat bite in comparison and it would be some time before it became apparent just how large an effect it would turn out to have.
- The ruling in Strasbourg is a gnat bite that the British Government is totally free in law to ignore.
- He won a complete victory, and even that didn't amount to a gnat bite on the company's balance sheet.
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