stick to one's knitting
tend to one's knitting
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
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.
stone wall
brick wall
run into a stone wall
run into a brick wall
Something hard to overcome; an idea or belief that is hard to change.
The students ran into a brick wall when they asked the principal to put off the examination.
Dick tried to change Father's mind about letting him use the car Saturday night, but he was up against a stone wall.
stone's throw
within a stone's throw
hop, skip and a jump
Within a very short distance.
They live across the street from us, just within a stone's throw.
stone-blind
Completely blind.
Poor Al is stone-blind and needs help to get across the street carefully.
Highly intoxicated.
George drank too much and got stone-blind at the office party.
stone-broke
dead broke
flat broke
Having no money; penniless.
Jill wanted to go to the movies but she was stone-broke.
The man gambled and was soon flat broke.
stone-cold
Having no warmth; completely cold. Used to describe things that are better when warm.
The boys who got up late found their breakfast stone-cold.
The furnace went off and the radiators were stone-cold.
stone-dead
Showing no signs of life; completely dead.
Barry tried to revive the frozen robin but it was stone-dead.