(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

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stick in someone's gullet

Third-person singular simple present indicative form 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.