stick in one's throat (or craw)

stick in one's throat (or craw)
stick in one's throat (or craw)
be difficult or impossible to accept.

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  • stick in one's throat — Ⅰ. ► stick in one s throat (or craw) be difficult or impossible to accept. Main Entry: ↑stick Ⅱ. ► stick in one s throat be unwelcome or unacceptable. Main Entry: ↑throat …   English terms dictionary

  • stick in one's throat — phrasal of an utterance : to be or become difficult or impossible to speak or repeat : remain unexpressed * * * stick in one s throat To be more than one can bear, accept or manage • • • Main Entry: ↑throat * * * stick in one s throat (or craw)… …   Useful english dictionary

  • stick on one's throat —    If something sticks in your throat (or craw), it is very difficult to accept and makes you angry or resentful.     The way he treats women really sticks in my throat! …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • stick in one's craw — Ⅰ. ► stick in one s craw see STICK(Cf. ↑stick). Main Entry: ↑craw Ⅱ. ► stick in one s throat (or craw) be difficult or impossible to accept. Main Entry: ↑ …   English terms dictionary

  • stick in one's craw — phrasal also stick in one s crop or stick in one s gizzard : to be difficult of digestion : be hard to accept : be offensive * * * stick in one s craw see ↑stick in one s throat under ↑stick2 • • • …   Useful english dictionary

  • stick — Ⅰ. stick [1] ► NOUN 1) a thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree. 2) a piece of trimmed wood used for support in walking or as a weapon. 3) (in hockey, polo, etc.) a long, thin implement used to hit or direct the ball or puck.… …   English terms dictionary

  • stick — stick1 noun 1》 a thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree.     ↘a stick used for support in walking or as a weapon.     ↘(the sticks) informal goalposts or cricket stumps.     ↘Nautical, archaic a mast or spar. 2》 (in hockey,… …   English new terms dictionary

  • throat — n 1. gullet, gorge, esophagus, Archaic. weasand. 2. cut someone’s throat do [s.o.] wrong, Sl. do [s.o.] dirty, Sl. stab [s.o.] in the back; injure, hurt, harm. 3. jump down someone’s throat Slang. berate, tongue lash, yell at, Inf. dress down,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • craw — ► NOUN dated ▪ the crop of a bird or insect. ● stick in one s craw Cf. ↑stick in one s craw ORIGIN related to Dutch cr ghe or Low German krage neck, throat …   English terms dictionary

  • stick — stick1 W3S3 [stık] v past tense and past participle stuck [stʌk] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(attach)¦ 2¦(push in)¦ 3¦(put)¦ 4¦(move part of body)¦ 5¦(difficult to move)¦ 6 stick in somebody s mind 7 make something stick 8¦(name)¦ 9 somebody c …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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