prick (one's) conscience
prick (one's) conscience
To cause one niggling feelings of guilt or remorse. It pricked my conscience to see my brother being led away in handcuffs, but I know it was the right thing to call the cops on him. Their promotional material is carefully crafted to prick the conscience of anyone who picks it up.
See also: conscience, prick
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
prick your ˈconscience
,your ˈconscience pricks you
make you feel guilty about something; feel guilty about something: Her conscience pricked her as she lied to her sister.See also: conscience, prick
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- prick your conscience
- (one's) conscience is clear
- (one's) conscience is clean
- have a clear conscience
- clear conscience, to have a
- have a clean conscience
- have a clear conscience about (someone or something)
- have a clean conscience about (someone or something)
- a clean conscience makes a soft pillow
- pillow