10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STICK IN ONE'S THROAT»
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English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
His words on that day must have stuck in the minds of many people. stick in one's
throat/gullet/craw s'e pertyp dot, s'e kaperdij dot, me ngec ne fyt □ He offered me
a lot of money if I helped; but I could not accept his plan: it stuck in my throat.
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Sterling Dictionary of Idioms
... to her story. stick in one's mind be remembered for a long time The incident
stuck in my mind for many years. stick in one's throat (a) be difficult or impossible
to accept (b) be difficult or impossible to say (a) It sticks in my throat to take his
help.
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
stick in one's throat colloq to be extremely difficult to say or accept, usually for
reasons of principle. • stick it! or stick it up your jumper, arse, etc colloq a
contemptuous exclamation that is used when something is not wanted, not going
one's way, ...
5. stick in one's throat exacerbate, embitter, envenom, gall, rankle, acerbate, sour,
poison, stick in one's craw. throb, v. 1. beat, pulse, pulsate, palpitate, pound, pant,
go pitapat. — n. 2. beat, throbbing, pulse, pulsation, palpitation, pitter-patter, ...
Jerome Irving Rodale, 1978
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Chambers Pocket Dictionary
stick in one's throat (coll) to be extremely difficult to say or accept, usu. for
reasons of principle. — r stick out 1 (tr & intr) to (cause to) project or protrude. 2 (
intr) to be obvious or noticeable; to stand out. 3(rr; coll) to endure. 4 (tntr with for)
to ...
Elaine Higgleton, Howard Sargeant, Anne Seaton, 1992
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A Thesaurus Dictionary of the English Language Designed to ...
... thri'-ving. Prospcring. WELFARE-MISPORTUNE. throat. The pharynx; any
orifice. APERTURE-CLOSURE, WATEacounsE-Auzrlrz; cut the throat,
LunaKILLING; force down the throat, H.uzsm~1Ess-Mn.nNEss; stick in one's
throat TALKATlVE.
Francis Andrew March, 1906
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Roget's Thesaurus of English words and phrases: classified ...
581. stick in one's throat. Adj. silent, mute, mum; silent as a -post, - stone, - the
grave <fcc. (still) 403; dumb &c. 581; unconversable. taciturn, sparing of words;
close, - tóngued; costive f, inconversable t, curt; reserved; reticent &c. (concealing
) ...
Christopher Orlando Sylvester Mawson, Peter Mark Roget, 1911
revolt, nauseate, disenchant, repel, offend, shock, stink in the nostrils; go against
the stomach, turn the stomach; make one sick, set the teeth on edge, go against
the grain, grate on the ear; stick in one's throat, stick in one's gizzard; rankle, ...
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Roget's International Thesaurus
581. stick in one's throat. Adj. silent, mute, mum; silent as а post, —- stone, — the
grave &c. (вид) 403; dumb &с. 581; unconversable. taciturn, sparing of words;
close, ~ t011gl1€d;<:0stive T, inconversable T, Gurt? reserved; reticent &c.
Christopher Orlando Sylvester Mawson, 1911
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Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions: Together with Death's Duell
teeth on edge, go against the grain, grate on the ear; stick in one's throat, stick in
one's gizzard; rankle, gnaw, corrode, horrify, appal†, appall, freeze the blood;
make the flesh creep, make the hair stand on end; make the blood curdle, make
the ...
John Donne, William Henry Draper, Izaak Walton, 1926
