paper cuts
Stationery inflicts these
Paper cuts are small wounds made by the edge of a sheet of paper slicing skin.
Despite being superficial, they sting disproportionately because fingertips have dense nerve endings.
The phrase often appears figuratively for minor but irritating setbacks: Death by a thousand paper cuts—accumulated small problems that together become serious.
- cutsSevers or reduces
- bandagesStrips covering wounds
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
- antisepticMicrobe-killing substance
- documentsFormal written records
pain · hurt · shallow · fingertips · skin · wince · first aid · band aid · nick · envelope · scissors · sting · blood · slice · thin · decorative patterns · ornamental design · heal
- annoyancesannoyance, annoyances, irritations, irritation, nuisance
- Judaicamenorah, Torah scroll, Talmud, Torah study, mezuzah
wound severity
paper cutsdeep wounds
lacerations · stab wounds · gashes · compound fractures · severed limbs