stick in someone's craw
To cause lasting annoyance, irritation, or hard feelings.
It really sticks in my craw that he never even asked me.
craw
/kɹɔː/
noun 2verb 1name 1
Collocations
4VERB + CRAW
stuck
CRAW + NOUN
jail
PREP.
in, out
ADV.
probably
Definitions
noun
1
The stomach of an animal.
2
The crop of a bird.
verb
1
To caw, crow.
The night was now pitmirk; the wind soughed amid the head-stones and railings of the gentry, (for we must all die,) and the black corbies in the steeple-holes cackled and crawed in a fearsome manner.
name
1
A surname.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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The night was now pitmirk; the wind soughed amid the head-stones and railings of the gentry, (for we must all die,) and the black corbies in the steeple-holes cackled and crawed in a fearsome manner.
Wiktionary02
It stuck in his craw that he was forced to step down from his position after 40 years.
Tatoeba · #133947203
Yanni will probably craw out of jail.
Tatoeba · #9796838Usage Notes
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In some senses, craw is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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