1A small red mark on the skin caused by the bite of a gnat.
vinegar is good for gnat bites and spots
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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.
1.1A very minor inconvenience or cost.
the fines, even at the high end, are gnat bites for the banks
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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.