- stick in my craw
- irritate me, get to me
That decision really sticks in my craw. How could he sell Gretzky?
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stick in my 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 — phrase 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. Thesaurus: to make someone angry or annoyedsynonym Main entry: craw … Useful english 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
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
craw — [krô] n. [ME craue < OE * craga, akin to MLowG krage, MDu kraghe, Ger kragen, collar, orig., neck < IE base * gwer , to swallow > L vorare, to devour] 1. the crop of a bird or insect 2. the stomach of any animal to stick in the craw or… … English World 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
