Donʹt fret your gizzard. Donʹt be so anxious; donʹt worry yourself. The Latin stomachus means temper, etc., as well as stomach or “gizzard.” (French, gésier.)
That stuck in his gizzard. Annoyed him, was more than he could digest.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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