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bone in the throat

noun

Definitions

  1. A source of continuing annoyance

    A source of continuing annoyance; a hindrance.

    • For an unbelieving face, whether the dull dining countenance of a mayor, or the keen searching countenance of a barrister, is a sad bone in the throat of utterance.
    • The inability to deduct losses from commercial or residential rentals from other real estate income has been a bone in the throat of real estate development companies.

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