stick on one's throat

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!


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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 in one's throat — idi stick in one s throat, to be difficult or impossible to express …   From formal English to slang

  • stick in one's throat (or craw) — be difficult or impossible to accept. → the sticks …   English new terms dictionary

  • stick in one's throat — be caught in one s throat …   English contemporary dictionary

  • stick in one's throat — {v. phr.} To be something you do not want to say; be hard to say. * /Jean wanted to ask the teacher s pardon, but the words stuck in her throat./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • stick in one's throat — {v. phr.} To be something you do not want to say; be hard to say. * /Jean wanted to ask the teacher s pardon, but the words stuck in her throat./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • stick\ in\ one's\ throat — v. phr. To be something you do not want to say; be hard to say. Jean wanted to ask the teacher s pardon, but the words stuck in her throat …   Словарь американских идиом

  • stick in one's throat — be unwelcome or unacceptable. → throat …   English new terms dictionary

  • stick in one’s throat — see stick II …   Useful english dictionary

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