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See: STICK TO ONE'S RIBS or STICK TO THE RIBS.

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stick to one's ribs

[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 […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

to one's ribs

[to one's ribs] See: [STICK TO ONE'S RIBS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

to the ribs

[to the ribs] See: [STICK TO ONE'S RIBS] or [STICK TO THE RIBS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

stick-in-the-mud

[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 […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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