«زَيِّ الْعُقْلَهْ فِي الزُّورْ»

The saying describes a burdensome, unwelcome person who keeps blocking someone's way and clings to them without letting up. Such company is likened to a hard heel bone wedged in the throat: rigid rather than soft or minor, impossible to ignore, painful to endure, and stubbornly refusing to budge.

The image draws its force from bodily distress. A bone caught in the throat can be neither swallowed nor easily dislodged, so the speaker expresses annoyance mixed with helplessness, feeling cornered by someone whose constant presence has become a persistent affliction.

Apply it to a tiresome person who keeps putting themselves in someone's path and will not leave them alone. It is a pointed insult suited to genuine complaints rather than gentle teasing; directing it at someone is likely to give offense, so it is better said about them.