cobbler stick to your last — stick with what you know best, do not get involved with things you know nothing of … English contemporary dictionary
Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind - Singles and Demos 1964 to 1967 — Infobox Album | Name = Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind Singles and Demos 1964 to 1967 Type = Compilation album Artist = Vashti Bunyan Released = 19 October 2007 Recorded = Genre = 1960s Pop, Folk music Length = Label = Fat Cat Records FATCD59 … Wikipedia
let the cobbler stick to his last — Attributed to the Greek painter Apelles (4th cent. BC): see quot. 1721. The ‘shoemaker’ variant is a long standing one in British proverb lore, but is now mainly North American. A last is a wooden or metal model on which a shoemaker fashions… … Proverbs new dictionary
Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind — Infobox Single Name =Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind Cover size = Caption = Artist =Vashti Bunyan B side = I Want To Be Alone Released =May 1965 Format =7 , 45rpm Recorded = Genre =Pop music Length = Label =Decca Writer =Jagger/Richards… … Wikipedia
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./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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./ … Dictionary of American idioms
stick — stick1 [ stık ] (past tense and past participle stuck [ stʌk ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 attach something to something ▸ 2 put quickly & carelessly ▸ 3 push something long into something ▸ 4 become difficult to move ▸ 5 when name is accepted ▸ 6 in card… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
stick to — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms stick to : present tense I/you/we/they stick to he/she/it sticks to present participle sticking to past tense stuck to past participle stuck to 1) stick to something to do something that you promised or… … English dictionary
stick — I [[t]stɪ̱k[/t]] NOUN USES ♦♦♦ sticks 1) N COUNT A stick is a thin branch which has fallen off a tree. ...people carrying bundles of dried sticks to sell for firewood. Syn: twig 2) N COUNT A stick is a long thin piece of wood which is used for… … English dictionary
stick — 1. n. 1 a a short slender branch or length of wood broken or cut from a tree. b this trimmed for use as a support or weapon. 2 a thin rod or spike of wood etc. for a particular purpose (cocktail stick). 3 a an implement used to propel the ball in … Useful english dictionary