stick in one's craw

Also, stick in one's throat.

1. Be unable to say something, as in I meant to apologize but the words stuck in my craw. [Early 1600s]

2. Be so offensive that one can't tolerate it, as in That obscene art exhibit stuck in my throat. [Late 1600s]

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Elek	-	Hungarian
Eleuterio	-	Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Eliisabet	-	Estonian
Veniaminu	-	Old Church Slavic
Marcela	mahr-THE-lah (Spanish), mahr-SE-lah (Latin American Spanish), mahr-TSE-lah (Polish), mahr-CHE-lah (Romanian), MAHR-tse-lah (Czech)	Spanish, Polish, Romanian, Czech
Vasily	vah-SEE-lee	Russian