Slang idioms
Q1
"I guess my new boyfriend does have some faults. He got angry last night because I talked to my parents for five minutes on the telephone - he complained because he said I was ignoring him. That is the first time he got angry around me," Vanessa said. Emma replied, "Did you expect him to be perfect? Never a rose without a ....., you know."
(*) prick
(*) root
(*) flower
(*) spine