Idiom
sticking point
Meaning
A disputed issue or state of affairs that causes an interruption or outright impasse in progress towards some goal or resolution, especially in negotiation or argumentation.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Money is always the sticking point in our talks.”
“The contract looked good until salary became the sticking point that stopped everything.”
“For weeks the negotiations had proceeded smoothly, but intellectual property rights emerged as the final sticking point that neither side would concede.”
Examples
simple
“Money is always the sticking point in our talks.”
contextual
“The contract looked good until salary became the sticking point that stopped everything.”
complex
“For weeks the negotiations had proceeded smoothly, but intellectual property rights emerged as the final sticking point that neither side would concede.”
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