stick in sb's throat
to be unable to say the words you want to say, usually because of a strong emotion:
She looked at him, but her voice stuck in her throat.
UK US stick in sb's craw to make you angry:
It really sticks in my throat that I did all the work, and she's getting all the credit.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Causing feelings of anger and displeasure
- aggravate
- aggrieve
- alienate
- anger
- annoy
- burn
- give sb the shits idiom
- go too far idiom
- goat
- grate
- hack
- hack sb off
- nose
- ruffle
- ruffle sb's feathers idiom
- set sb's teeth on edge idiom
- step/tread on sb's toes idiom
- stick in sb's craw idiom
- tee
- toe
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