stick in (one's) craw

stick in (one's) craw

To rankle or irritate one. It really sticks in my craw that he would lie and take all the credit for my idea!

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stick in one's craw

Also, stick in one's throat.

1. Be unable to say something, as in I meant to apologize but the words stuck in my craw. [Early 1600s]

2. Be so offensive that one can't tolerate it, as in That obscene art exhibit stuck in my throat. [Late 1600s]

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stick in your craw

or

stick in the craw

If something sticks in your craw or sticks in the craw, you cannot accept it because it upsets you or you think it is wrong. What really sticks in my craw is the way the competition ended. There are those for whom Lapierre's appetite for self-publicity sticks in the craw.

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Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012

stick in your craw

make you angry or irritated.

Literally, this phrase means ‘stick in your throat’. A craw is the crop of a bird or insect; the transferred sense of the word to refer to a person's gullet, originally humorous, is now almost entirely confined to this expression. Compare with stick in your gizzard (at gizzard).

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stick in (one's) craw

To cause one to feel abiding discontent and resentment.

See also: craw, stick

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