S
Idioms beginning with "S"
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Contents of S:
[stick with] {v.}, {informal}
1. or [stay with]
To continue doing; not quit.
Fred stayed with his homework until it was done.
Practicing is tiresome, but stick with it and some day you will be a good pianist.
Compare: [STICK TO].
2. To stay […]
[stick-in-the-mud] {n.}, {informal}
An overcareful person; someone who is old-fashioned and fights change.
Mabel said her mother was a real stick-in-the-mud to make a rule that she must be home by 10 o'clock on weeknights and 11:30 Saturdays.
* […]
[stick-up] {n.}, {informal}
A robbery by a man with a gun.
Mr. Smith was the victim of a stick-up last night.
[sticky fingers] {n. phr.}, {slang}
1. The habit of stealing things you see and want.
Don't leave money in your locker; some of the boys have sticky fingers.
* /Don't leave that girl alone in the room with so many valuable objects around, because […]
[still life] {n. phr.}
A term used by artists to describe a motionless picture of a bowl of fruit, flowers, etc.
One of van Gogh's most famous still lifes is a vase of yellow flowers.
[still waters run deep]
Quiet people probably are profound thinkers. — A proverb.
He doesn't say much, but he sure looks smart. Well, still waters run deep, isn't that true?
[stir up] {v.}
1. To bring (something) into being, often by great exertion or activity; cause.
It was a quiet afternoon, and John tried to stir up some excitement.
Bob stirred up a fight between Tom and Bill.
Compare: [WHIP UP] (2).
2. To […]
[stir up a hornet's nest] {v. phr.}
To make many people angry; do something that many people don't like.
The principal stirred up a hornet's nest by changing the rules at school.