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.

(vulgar, simile) To be very tenacious, or difficult to get rid of.

present participle of stick one's foot in it

A curve on a graph depicting a statistical or numerical trend with a long gradual rise followed by a steep increase over the short term.

plural of hockey stick curve