I do lots of jobs in the house but my brother says I'm lazy, and that really sticks in my craw.
She sticks in my craw every time I have to deal with her.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
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
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
