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Jimmy Hung
2022-03-02 05:03
Stick in (one's) gizzard phrase
To continue to cause great annoyance to someone after something has occurred since it seems wrong or unacceptable.
That I dropped out of college has stuck in my parents' gizzard all these years.
The unkind way in which her boyfriend chucked her still stuck in her gizzard long after.
That she got promoted, but I didn't is still sticking in my gizzard.
To annoy someone very much
An informal way to say that it doesn't bother me any.
To make someone feel angry or upset
Used to complain that one does the same thing very often, usually in an annoying way
To annoy someone
The verb "stick" must be conjugated according to its tense.
This phrase is a variant of "stick in one's throat", which dates from the mid 1800s or earlier.
Do you see anything wrong?
Someone who has a strong personality
I know Josh could deal with this problem because he's made of sterner stuff.
