make stick

make (something) stick

To cause something to be permanent, established, or able to persist. I've been trying to teach my class the equation all week, but nothing seems to make it stick. The district attorney is afraid we won't be able to make the charges stick if we arrest the suspect now.

make stick

Make effective or permanent, as in They tried to appeal but our lawyers made the verdict stick. This idiom uses stick in the sense of "adhere." [First half of 1900s]

See also: make, stick

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

See also:

make (something) stick
make something stick
keep (on) trying
keep trying
drill into
fight on
continue by (doing something)
continue by doing
don't quit trying
bone up on (something)

References in periodicals archive

"Nicko from Iron Maiden visited the workshop and it was great to meet someone I make sticks for.

ANGELA, 36, DRUMSTICK MAKER; IT'S A FUNNY OLD JOB...BUT SOMEONE'S GOT TO DO IT; Angela Kidd has spent 10 years giving Britain's top pop bands plenty of stick - and they love it! PAT MOORE called in to find out why..

词组	make stick
释义	make stick make (something) stick To cause something to be permanent, established, or able to persist. I've been trying to teach my class the equation all week, but nothing seems to make it stick. The district attorney is afraid we won't be able to make the charges stick if we arrest the suspect now. See also: make, stick Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. make stick Make effective or permanent, as in They tried to appeal but our lawyers made the verdict stick. This idiom uses stick in the sense of "adhere." [First half of 1900s] See also: make, stick The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. See also: make (something) stick make something stick keep (on) trying keep trying drill into fight on continue by (doing something) continue by doing don't quit trying bone up on (something) References in periodicals archive "Nicko from Iron Maiden visited the workshop and it was great to meet someone I make sticks for. ANGELA, 36, DRUMSTICK MAKER; IT'S A FUNNY OLD JOB...BUT SOMEONE'S GOT TO DO IT; Angela Kidd has spent 10 years giving Britain's top pop bands plenty of stick - and they love it! PAT MOORE called in to find out why..
随便看	smash out of smash out of (something or some place) smash somebody's face/head in smash (something) to smithereens smash the teapot smash through smash through (something) smash up SMD smear smear campaign smeared smear on smear (someone or something) with (something) smear (something) on(to) (something) smear with smeg smell smell a rat smell a rat, to smell blood smeller smell fishy smell fishy, to smelling (oneself)