stick in someone's gullet

present singular third person sticks in someone's gullet · participle present sticking in someone's gullet · participle past stuck in someone's gullet · past stuck in someone's gullet

1. alternativeAlternative form of stick in someone's craw.

   If there are things in it that stick in your gullet why ignore them?

   1996, The Middle Way - Volumes 71-72, page 255

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   What began to stick in the gullet was the growing belief during our years in opposition (1974– 79) that the only thing that really mattered was the control of the money supply.

   1986, Jim Prior, A Balance of Power

   Some days I wake up and — would you know it? l've done exactly what she's wanted after all but it doesn't seem to stick in my gullet like at school.

   2013, Rosanne Hawke, The Keeper, page 3

   It was a stance that he knew would stick in the gullet of many in his audience in January 1917.

   2014, Adam Tooze, The Deluge