present participle of stick to one's text

(idiomatic) To limit one's focus to the matter at hand, or the primary subject at issue; to avoid diversion.

To be plain for all to see, obvious, easy to see, very noticeable. / To be conspicuously different.

Aralia spinosa, a woody plant native to eastern North America. / Oplopanax horridus, a large understory shrub with large palmate leaves and erect, woody stems covered in irritating spines.

present participle of stick in someone's gullet

present participle of stick in someone's throat

Alternative form of stick in someone's craw

Alternative form of stick in someone's craw / To be too difficult to speak. / To cause an aching sensation in the throat as if something is stuck there.

(figuratively, idiomatic) To put one's foot in it.

(intransitive) To rankle in one's heart.