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DictionarySeestickstick in craw
stick in (one's) crawTo rankle or irritate one. It really sticks in my craw that he would lie and take all the credit for my idea!See also: craw, stickstick in your ˈthroat/ˈcraw/ˈgullet (informal) if something sticks in your throat, it is difficult or impossible to agree with or accept: It really sticks in my throat that I get paid less than the others for doing the same job.See also: craw, gullet, stick, throat stick in (one's) craw To cause one to feel abiding discontent and resentment.See also: craw, stickstick in one's craw, toTo be so offensive or disagreeable that one cannot swallow it. This expression is the modern version of stick in one’s gizzard, gullet, or crop, all referring to portions of an animal’s digestive system. Their figurative use dates from the late seventeenth century. Jonathan Swift recorded one in Polite Conversation (1738): “Don’t let that stick in your gizzard.” Dickens used still another in a letter in 1843: “Your dedication to Peel stuck in my throat.” More recently Martin Cruz Smith wrote, “Doesn’t it stick in your craw that you got absolutely nowhere in the investigation?” (Wolves Eat Dogs, 2004).See also: stickstick chimney
clay-and-sticks chimneyA chimney constructed of clay or mud and sticks, and then coated on the interior with clay, mud, or plaster to provide some protection against setting the chimney on fire; used in homes in many frontier areas where bricks, stones, and lime mortar were not available.FinancialSeeStick |