stick in someone's craw

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stick in someone's craw (third-person singular simple present sticks in someone's craw, present participle sticking in someone's craw, simple past and past participle stuck in someone's craw)

  1. (idiomatic) To cause lasting annoyance, irritation, or hard feelings.
    It really sticks in my craw that he never even asked me.
    • 1910, United States. Congress. Joint committee to investigate Interior dept. and Forestry service., Compilation of Letters, Telegrams, Reports and Other Documents Offered in Evidence:
      I will just cite you two of the matters referred to by Mr. Glavis in his letter to the President, and, from what I learn, seems to stick in the craw of Mr. Bowman.
    • 2005, Robert Gordon, Tom Burgoyne, Movin on Up:
      There was a pennant chase that year that would stick in his craw and the craw of every Phillies fan forever.

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