stick to one's ribs
stick to the ribs
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
stick to the point
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!
He made a promise to his wife to quit smoking and drinking, and so far he has stuck to it.
All organizations expect their employees to stick to established work rules and procedures.
If you try hard to stick to your principles, then you’ll be able to live up to them.
stick together
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.
stick-in-the-mud
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.
Mr. Thomas is a stick-in-the-mud who plows with mules; he won't buy a tractor.
stop the show
To elicit such a strong applause from the audience that the show is interrupted.
Pavarotti's rendition of "O sole mio" always stops the show.
straight from the horse's mouth
Directly from the person or place where it began; from a reliable source or a person that cannot be doubted.
They are going to be married. I got the news straight from the horse's mouth - their minister.
John found out about the painting straight from the horse's mouth, from the painter himself.
straight from the shoulder
In an open and honest way of speaking; without holding back anything because of fear or politeness or respect for someone's feelings; frankly.
John asked what he had done wrong. Bob told him straight from the shoulder.
The candidate for Congress spoke out against his opponent's dishonesty straight from the shoulder.
straw in the wind
A small sign of what may happen.
The doctor's worried face was a straw in the wind.
The quickly-called meeting of the President and his cabinet was a straw in the wind.