S
Idioms beginning with "S"
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Contents of S:
[stick out] {v.}
1a. To stand out from a wall or other surface; project; extend.
The limb stuck out from the trunk of the tree.
1b. To be seen or noticed more easily or quickly than others; be noticeable.
* /My house is the only brick one on the […]
[stick out like a sore thumb] {v. phr.}
To be conspicuous; be different from the rest.
When the foreign student was placed in an advanced English grammar class by mistake, it was no wonder that he stuck out like a sore thumb.
[stick to one's guns] or [stand by one's guns] {v. phr.}
To hold to an aim or an opinion even though people try to stop you or say you are wrong.
* /People laughed at Columbus when he said the world was round. He stuck to his guns and proved he was […]
[stick to one's knitting] or [tend to one's knitting] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To do your own job and not bother other people.
The trouble with Henry is that he is always telling other people what to do; he can't stick to his knitting.
[stick to one's ribs] or [stick to the ribs] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To keep you from getting hungry again too quickly.
Doctors say you should eat a good breakfast that sticks to your ribs.
Farmers eat food that sticks to the ribs.
[stick to the point] {v. phr.}
To stay on course during a discussion; adhere to the topic; not talk about extraneous matters.
Stick to the point and stop telling us your life history!
See: [COME TO THE POINT].
[stick together] {v.}
To remain close together in a situation.
Stick together in the cave so that no one gets lost.
The gang stuck together after the game.
Bill and Bob stick together in a game or in a fight.
Syn.: [HANG TOGETHER] (1).
[stick up] {v.}, {informal}
To rob with a gun.
When the messenger left the bank, a man jumped out of an alley and stuck him up.
Syn.: [HOLD UP].
In the old West, outlaws sometimes stuck up the stagecoaches.
[stick with] {v. phr.}
To unfairly thrust upon; encumber one with.
In the restaurant my friends stuck me with the bill although it was supposed to be Dutch treat.