STICK IN YOUR THROAT / CRAW

Meaning of STICK IN YOUR THROAT / CRAW in English

( informal )

( of words ) to be difficult or impossible to say

( of a situation ) to be difficult or impossible to accept; to make you angry

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

YOUR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CRAW — County: North Ayrshire Post Code: KA27
UK Post Codes and Counties English vocabulary
CRAW — noun see: voracious Date: 14th century the crop of a bird or insect, the stomach especially of a lower animal
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
YOUR — I. Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēower (used as gen. of gē you); akin to Old High German iuwēr …
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THROAT
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STICK
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IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
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CRAW — I. Scotland variant of crow II. ˈkrȯ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English crawe, from (assumed) Old English crawa; …
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CRAW — (n.) The stomach of an animal.
Английский словарь Webster
CRAW — (n.) The crop of a bird.
Английский словарь Webster
CRAW — ( n. ) The stomach of an animal.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CRAW — ( n. ) The crop of a bird.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
YOUR — /yoor, yawr, yohr/ ; unstressed /yeuhr/ , pron. 1. (a form of the possessive case of you used as an …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THROAT — /throht/ , n. Anat., Zool. 1. the passage from the mouth to the stomach or to the lungs, including the …
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STICK
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CRAW — /kraw/ , n. 1. the crop of a bird or insect. 2. the stomach of an animal. 3. stick in …
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CRAW — n. bird or insect's crop; stomach
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STICK — I. ˈstik noun Etymology: Middle English stik, from Old English sticca; akin to Old Norse stik stick, Old English stician …
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YOUR — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēower; akin to Old English ēow you — more at you Date: before …
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CRAW — noun Etymology: Middle English crawe, from Old English * cræga; perhaps akin to Latin vorare to devour — more at …
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THROAT
Webster English vocab
STICK — vt a thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab. 2. stick ·vi to cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation. 3. stick …
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CRAW — noun the crop of a bird. 2. craw ·noun the stomach of an animal.
Webster English vocab
CRAW — ■ noun dated the crop of a bird or insect. Phrases stick in one's ~ see stick 2 . Origin …
Concise Oxford English vocab
THROAT
Merriam-Webster English vocab
STICK — [stick] n [ME stik, fr. OE sticca; akin to ON stik stick, OE stician to stick] (bef. 12c) 1: a …
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CRAW — [craw] n [ME crawe, fr. (assumed) OE craega; perh. akin to L vorare to devour--more at voracious] (14c) 1: the …
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CRAW — craw BrE AmE krɔː krɑː ▷ craws krɔːz krɑːz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
YOUR — / jɔː(r); NAmE jʊr weak form jə(r)/ determiner (the possessive form of you ) 1. of or belonging to the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROAT — / θrəʊt; NAmE θroʊt/ noun 1. a passage in the neck through which food and air pass on their way …
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STICK — / stɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( stuck , stuck / stʌk; NAmE /) PUSH STH IN …
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CRAW — / krɔː; NAmE / noun the part of a bird's throat where food is kept • IDIOMS see stick verb …
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YOUR — your S1 W1 /jə; strong jɔː $ jər strong jɔːr/ BrE AmE determiner [possessive form of ‘you’] [ Language: Old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THROAT — throat S3 W3 /θrəʊt $ θroʊt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: throte ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STICK — I. stick 1 S1 W3 /stɪk/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle stuck /stʌk/) [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CRAW — craw /krɔː $ krɒː/ BrE AmE [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: From an unrecorded Old English crawa 'stomach of a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THROAT — n. 1 a the windpipe or gullet. b the front part of the neck containing this. 2 literary a a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STICK — v. (past and past part. stuck) 1 tr. (foll. by in, into, through) insert or thrust (a thing or its …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CRAW — n. Zool. the crop of a bird or insect. østick in one's craw be unacceptable. [ME, rel. to MDu. craghe, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THROAT — n. 1 a the windpipe or gullet. b the front part of the neck containing this. 2 literary a a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STICK — v. (past and past part. stuck) 1 tr. (foll. by in, into, through) insert or thrust (a thing or its …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CRAW — n. Zool. the crop of a bird or insect. stick in one's craw be unacceptable. [ ME, rel. to MDu. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THROAT — n.1 a the windpipe or gullet. b the front part of the neck containing this. 2 literary a a voice, …
Oxford English vocab
STICK — 1. n.1 a a short slender branch or length of wood broken or cut from a tree. b this trimmed …
Oxford English vocab
CRAW — n. Zool. the crop of a bird or insect. Phrases and idioms: stick in one's craw be unacceptable. Etymology: ME, …
Oxford English vocab
YOUR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Your' is the second person possessive …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROAT — ( throats) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Your throat is the …
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STICK
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CRAW — COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB stick ▪ He and the son have a whole lot sticking in their craw . …
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YOUR — [determiner]Your means of or belonging to people generally.Garlic is good for your blood.Of course you want the best for your …
Cambridge English vocab
THROAT — [noun] [C] - the front of the neck, or the space inside the neck down which food and air can …
Cambridge English vocab
CRAW — Synonyms and related words : abdomen, abomasum, bay window, beerbelly, belly, breadbasket, crop, diaphragm, embonpoint, first stomach, gizzard, gullet, gut, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
THROAT — See: CUT ONE'S THROAT, FLY AT ONE'S THROAT, JUMP DOWN ONE'S THROAT, LUMP IN ONE'S THROAT, RAM DOWN ONE'S THROAT …
Slang English vocab
CRAW — A slack-jawed yokel who prefers skinnin' coons to more intellectual endeavors. Example: The craw said, Look ma! Uh dead possum …
Slang English vocab
CRAW — n. Crop, first stomach ( of a bird ).
Dictionary of English Synonyms
THROAT — noun 1 front part of the neck VERB + THROAT ▪ cut , slash , slit ▪ rip out ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
THROAT — • ↑ bring tears to sb's eyes/bring a lump to sb's throat • ↑ cut your own throat • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
STICK — INDEX: 1. to join one thing to another, especially using glue 2. when one thing sticks to another 3. something …
Longman Activator English vocab
CRAW — n. crop of a bird or insect to stick in smb.'s ~ ('to be distasteful to smb.')
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
STICK — v. 1 pierce, thrust, stab, transfix, pin, spike, impale, spear, spit, run through, poke, gore, jab, prick, puncture, punch, penetrate, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
THROAT — See: CUT ONE'S THROAT, FLY AT ONE'S THROAT, JUMP DOWN ONE'S THROAT, LUMP IN ONE'S THROAT, RAM DOWN ONE'S THROAT …
Словарь английских идиом
CRAW — See: STICK IN ONE'S CRAW.
Словарь английских идиом

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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