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• stick like glue — see ↑stick, 2 • • • Main Entry: ↑glue stick like glue informal 1 : to stay very firmly attached to something Wash the egg off before it dries, or it will stick like glue. often used figuratively One of the kids called him “Stretch,” and the… …   Useful english dictionary

• stick like a limpet — stick fast, stick so tightly that it is very difficult to pry off …   English contemporary dictionary

• Stick like shit to a blanket — stick well …   Dictionary of Australian slang

• stick like shit to a blanket — Australian Slang stick well …   English dialects glossary

• stick like shit to a shovel — Go to cling like shit to a shovel …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• stick like glue — be extremely attached, be very close to …   English contemporary dictionary

• stick — [n] pole, often wooden bar, bat, baton, billet, birch, bludgeon, board, branch, cane, club, cudgel, drumstick, ferrule, ingot, mast, rod, rule, ruler, shoot, slab, slat, staff, stake, stalk, stave, stem, strip, switch, timber, twig, wand, wedge;… …   New thesaurus

• stick — I. /stɪk / (say stik) noun 1. a branch or shoot of a tree or shrub cut or broken off. 2. a relatively long and slender piece of wood. 3. an elongated piece of wood for burning, for carpentry, or for any special purpose. 4. a rod or wand; a baton …  

• stick — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. stab, puncture, prick; put, place, thrust; glue; transfix, impale; informal, puzzle, stump. See opening, coherence, difficulty. v. i. adhere, cling; stay, remain, tarry; stall, freeze, be immobile …   English dictionary for students

• stick out like a sore thumb — (informal) To be painfully obvious, noticeable, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑sore * * * stick/stand/out like a sore thumb phrase to be very noticeable because of being different Any stranger to the town sticks out like a sore thumb …   Useful english dictionary