stick in your craw
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stick in (your) craw — 1. if a situation or someone s behaviour sticks in your craw, it annoys you, usually because you think it is wrong. I do lots of jobs in the house but my brother says I m lazy, and that really sticks in my craw. 2. if someone sticks in your craw … New idioms dictionary
stick in your craw — If someone or something really annoys you, it is said to stick in your craw … The small dictionary of idiomes
stick in your craw — if something sticks in your craw, it is so unpleasant or morally wrong that you cannot accept it The idea of apologizing to him really sticks in my craw … English dictionary
craw — [ krɔ ] noun stick in your craw if something sticks in your craw, it is so unpleasant or morally wrong that you cannot accept it … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
craw — [kro: US kro:] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: From an unrecorded Old English crawa stomach of a bird or animal ] →stick in your craw at ↑stick1 (11) … Dictionary of contemporary English
stick — stick1 [ stık ] (past tense and past participle stuck [ stʌk ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 attach something to something ▸ 2 put quickly & carelessly ▸ 3 push something long into something ▸ 4 become difficult to move ▸ 5 when name is accepted ▸ 6 in card… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
stick — 1 /stIk/ verb past tense and past participle stuck 1 PUSH (transitive always + adv/prep, intransitive always + adv/prep) if a pointed object sticks into something or you stick it into something, it is pushed into it: stick sth in/into/through etc … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
craw — noun (C) AmE see stick in your craw stick 1 (11) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
craw — UK [krɔː] / US [krɔ] noun stick in your craw … English 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
