a sticking point



a sticking point

a subject that people who are involved in a discussion cannot agree about The role of the army was the main sticking point at Thursday's abortive talks. Pay has been a major sticking point in negotiations.
See also: point, stick

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Stefanus-Dutch
Amnon-Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew
Naranbaatar-Mongolian
GrahamGRAY-əm, GRAMScottish, English
Keenan-Irish
ElenaE-le-nah (Italian), e-LE-nah (Spanish), ye-LYE-nah (Russian), ee-LYE-nah (Russian)Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovak, Lithuanian, Russian, German, Medieval Sla