stick

the sticks

The rural countryside, especially in a rustic or particularly unsophisticated area. Jane was sick of living in the sticks and dreamed of spending her life in New York City. What, are you embarrassed by your family from the sticks coming up to the big city to visit?

stick

1. n. a baseball bat. (Baseball.) He holds the stick up higher than most batters.

2. n. a pool cue. He drew the stick back slowly, sighted again, and gave the cue ball a sharp knock.

3. n. a golf club. These aren’t my sticks, and you aren’t my caddy. What’s going on around here?

4. n. the lever that controls the horizontal and vertical surfaces of the tail of an aircraft. The pilot pulled back on the stick, and the plane did nothing—being that he hadn’t even started the engine or anything. You pull back on the stick, which lowers the tail and raises the nose, and up you go.

5. n. a gearshift lever in a car. (see also stick shift.) I keep reaching for the stick in a car with automatic.

6. n. a drunkard. (Possibly from dipstick, shitstick, or swizzle-stick.) Get that stick out of here before he makes a mess.

7. n. a person’s legs. (Always plural.) He’s got good sticks under him, but he won’t use them.

8. and the sticks n. a rural or backwoods area. (Always with the in this sense and always plural.) You hear a lot about how things are in the sticks. They’re worse.

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

stick

to/by one's guns

To hold fast to an opinion or a set course of action.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

See:

(as) thin as a stick
a rod/stick to beat somebody with
a stick to beat someone or something with
a stick to beat someone with
a sticking point
a stick-in-the-mud
an old stick in the mud
be (as) thin as a stick
be in a cleft stick
be jolly hockey sticks
be up the stick
better than a poke in the eye (with a sharp stick)
between the sticks
boom sticks
boonies, the
cancer stick
carrot and stick
carrot and the stick, the
carrot on a stick
carrot or stick
carrot-and-stick
carry a big stick
carry the stick
clue stick
cobbler, stick to your last
cross as two sticks
cut (one's) stick
dead-stick landing
dipstick
get (a lot of) stick (from someone)
get a lot of stick
get hold of the right end of the stick
get hold of the wrong end of the stick
get on the stick
get the short end of the stick
get the stick
get the wrong end of the stick
get/take stick from somebody
getaway sticks
give (someone) (a lot of) stick
give it some stick
give somebody stick
gyvestick
Hands up!
have (one's) words stick in (one's) throat
have (something) stick in (one's) craw
have stick in craw
have words stick in throat
H-E-double-hockey-sticks
hit by the stupid stick
hit by the ugly stick
hit by/with the stupid stick
hit by/with the ugly stick
in a cleft stick
in the sticks
it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog
jive stick
joystick
jumping Jesus on a pogo stick
let the cobbler stick to his last
licorice stick
like a monkey on a stick
make (something) stick
make something stick
make stick
more (something) than you can shake a stick at
more than one can shake a stick at
more than you can shake a stick at
more things than you can shake a stick at
more... than you can shake a stick at
move the yardsticks
mud sticks
not hold a stick to
not hold a stick to (someone or something)
old stick
on the stick
pick up sticks
pimp stick
poke (one's) nose in(to) (something)
poke nose in
poke your nose into something
poke/stick your nose in/into something
put (one's) nose in(to) (something)
put (one's) oar in(to) (something)
put foot in mouth
put nose in
put oar in
put one’s nose in where it’s not wanted
put the knife in
put two fingers up at (someone or something)
put your head above the parapet
put your head in a noose
put your oar in (something)
put/stick the boot in
put/stick the knife in
put/stick two fingers up at somebody
put/stick your oar in
rise like a rocket (and fall like a stick)
screw (one's) courage to the sticking place
screw up (one's) courage to the sticking place
sex on a stick
shake a stick at
short end of the stick
short end of the stick, the
short end of the stick, to get/have the
slipstick
speak softly and carry a big stick
spitstick
stand up for
stand/stick out a mile
stand/stick out like a sore thumb
stick
stick (one) with (someone or something)
stick (one's) bib in
stick (one's) chin out
stick (one's) foot in (one's) mouth
stick (one's) head above the parapet
stick (one's) neck out
stick (one's) nose (in) where it's not wanted
stick (one's) nose (up) in the air
stick (one's) nose in(to) (something)
stick (one's) oar in(to) (something)
stick (one's) spoon in the wall
stick (one's) tongue out
stick (one's) tongue out at (someone or something)
Stick ’em up!
stick a fork in (me/it/something)
stick a pin in it
stick and stay, make it pay
stick around
stick at
stick at nothing
stick by
stick by (one's) guns
stick by (someone or something)
stick down
Stick 'em up!
stick fast
stick figure
stick in
stick in (one's) craw
stick in (one's) gizzard
stick in (one's) gullet
stick in (one's) throat
stick in (one's) two penn'orth
stick in (one's)/the mind
stick in craw
stick in mind
stick in one's craw
stick in one's craw, to
stick in the mud
stick in the mud, old
stick in your craw
stick in your gizzard
stick in your mind
stick in your throat
stick in your throat/craw/gullet
stick into
stick into (something)
stick it
stick it on
stick it out
stick it to
stick it to (one)
stick it to someone
stick it to the end
stick it to the man
stick man
stick neck out
stick nose in
stick nose up in the air
stick on
stick one on (one)
stick one on someone
stick one’s nose in
stick one’s nose in where it’s not wanted
stick one's neck out
stick one's neck out, to
stick or twist
stick out
stick out (one's) tongue
stick out (one's) tongue at (someone or something)
stick out a mile
stick out against
stick out against (something)
stick out like a sore thumb
stick out like a sore thumb, to
stick out to
stick out to (someone or something)
stick shift
stick someone with something
stick that in your pipe and smoke it
stick the knife in
stick through
stick through (someone or something)
stick to
stick to (one's) fingers
stick to (one's) guns
stick to (one's) knitting
stick to (one's) last
stick to (something)
stick to beat (someone or something) with
stick to fingers
stick to guns
stick to knitting
stick to one's guns
stick to one's guns, to
stick to one's last
stick to ribs
stick to someone's fingers
stick to the knitting
stick to the ribs
stick to the script
stick to the/(one's) ribs
stick to your guns
stick to your knitting
stick to your last
stick to your ribs
stick together
stick tongue out
stick two fingers up at (someone or something)
stick up
stick up for
stick up for (oneself)
stick up for (someone or something)
stick with
stick with (someone or something)
stick with it
stick your bib in
stick your chin out
stick your neck out
stick your oar in
sticking point
sticking-place
stick-in-the-mud
sticks and stones
sticks and stones may break my bones (but words will never hurt me)
sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me
sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me
stick-to-itiveness
stick-to-it-iveness
stickum
sugar-stick
swizzle stick
swizzle-stick
take (a lot of) stick (from someone)
tell (one) where to put it
tell (one) where to stick it
tell somebody where to put/stick something
that's my story and I'm sticking to it
the carrot and/or stick
the cobbler should stick to his last
the dirty end of the stick
the moon on a stick
the nail that sticks out gets hammered down
the short end of the stick
the sticks
the wrong end of the stick
thin as a rake
throw dirt enough, and some will stick
throw enough dirt, and some will stick
throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick
throw enough mud, and some will stick
throw mud enough, and some will stick
throw spaghetti at the wall and see what sticks
up sticks
up the stick
up yours
walk softly and carry a big stick
words stick in (one's) throat
wrong end of the stick, (got hold of) the
wrong end of the stick, the

References in classic literature

You give 'm me ten stick tobacco," he added after due pause to let the information sink in.

Dipping into his tobacco pocket, he thrust a loose handful of sticks into the ancient's hand and shoved the canoe adrift with no thought of how its helpless occupant would ever reach shore.

Michael Brother of Jerry

It is my experience that it is only an amiable man in this world who receives testimonials, only an unambitious one who abandons a London career for the country, and only an absent-minded one who leaves his stick and not his visiting-card after waiting an hour in your room."

"Has been in the habit of carrying this stick behind his master.

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Red-Eye started over to pick up the stick. Old Marrow-Bone had tottered into his way.

Before Adam

I own I closed my eyes at the moment when the point of the stick first entered the quicksand.

The Moonstone

a knife?" said Cornelius, preparing to defend himself with his stick.

The Black Tulip

He takes off his long-flapped coat, and stands up in a long- flapped waistcoat, which Sir Roger de Coverley might have worn when it was new, picks out a stick, and is ready for Master Joe, who loses no time, but begins his old game, whack, whack, whack, trying to break down the old man's guard by sheer strength.

Tom Browns Schooldays

From these embers the inspector disinterred the butt end of a green cheque book, which had resisted the action of the fire; the other half of the stick was found behind the door; and as this clinched his suspicions, the officer declared himself delighted.

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

In a little while, three others appeared at the head of the dam, bringing sticks and bushes.

Adventures of Captain Bonneville USA in the Rocky Mountains and

When I stood up, fire-stick in one hand, dynamite stick in the other, my knees were knocking together.

The Red One

He struck at me with his stick, but I caught the blow upon my little shield, and hit back.

Nada The Lily

"Not while I have a stout stick to thwack your saucy bones!" cried Robin.

Robin Hood

Of late they had quit attacking, or even showing themselves; for every time they had done so in the past the little stick had roared out its terrible message of death to some member of the tribe.

Tarzan of the Apes

Hans takes the needle, sticks it into a hay-cart, and follows the cart home.

Fairy Tales

词组	stick
释义	stick the sticks The rural countryside, especially in a rustic or particularly unsophisticated area. Jane was sick of living in the sticks and dreamed of spending her life in New York City. What, are you embarrassed by your family from the sticks coming up to the big city to visit? See also: stick Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. stick 1. n. a baseball bat. (Baseball.) He holds the stick up higher than most batters. 2. n. a pool cue. He drew the stick back slowly, sighted again, and gave the cue ball a sharp knock. 3. n. a golf club. These aren’t my sticks, and you aren’t my caddy. What’s going on around here? 4. n. the lever that controls the horizontal and vertical surfaces of the tail of an aircraft. The pilot pulled back on the stick, and the plane did nothing—being that he hadn’t even started the engine or anything. You pull back on the stick, which lowers the tail and raises the nose, and up you go. 5. n. a gearshift lever in a car. (see also stick shift.) I keep reaching for the stick in a car with automatic. 6. n. a drunkard. (Possibly from dipstick, shitstick, or swizzle-stick.) Get that stick out of here before he makes a mess. 7. n. a person’s legs. (Always plural.) He’s got good sticks under him, but he won’t use them. 8. and the sticks n. a rural or backwoods area. (Always with the in this sense and always plural.) You hear a lot about how things are in the sticks. They’re worse. McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions stick to/by *one's guns* To hold fast to an opinion or a set course of action. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. See: (as) thin as a stick a rod/stick to beat somebody with a stick to beat someone or something with a stick to beat someone with a sticking point a stick-in-the-mud an old stick in the mud be (as) thin as a stick be in a cleft stick be jolly hockey sticks be up the stick better than a poke in the eye (with a sharp stick) between the sticks boom sticks boonies, the cancer stick carrot and stick carrot and the stick, the carrot on a stick carrot or stick carrot-and-stick carry a big stick carry the stick clue stick cobbler, stick to your last cross as two sticks cut (one's) stick dead-stick landing dipstick get (a lot of) stick (from someone) get a lot of stick get hold of the right end of the stick get hold of the wrong end of the stick get on the stick get the short end of the stick get the stick get the wrong end of the stick get/take stick from somebody getaway sticks give (someone) (a lot of) stick give it some stick give somebody stick gyvestick Hands up! have (one's) words stick in (one's) throat have (something) stick in (one's) craw have stick in craw have words stick in throat H-E-double-hockey-sticks hit by the stupid stick hit by the ugly stick hit by/with the stupid stick hit by/with the ugly stick in a cleft stick in the sticks it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog jive stick joystick jumping Jesus on a pogo stick let the cobbler stick to his last licorice stick like a monkey on a stick make (something) stick make something stick make stick more (something) than you can shake a stick at more than one can shake a stick at more than you can shake a stick at more things than you can shake a stick at more... than you can shake a stick at move the yardsticks mud sticks not hold a stick to not hold a stick to (someone or something) old stick on the stick pick up sticks pimp stick poke (one's) nose in(to) (something) poke nose in poke your nose into something poke/stick your nose in/into something put (one's) nose in(to) (something) put (one's) oar in(to) (something) put foot in mouth put nose in put oar in put one’s nose in where it’s not wanted put the knife in put two fingers up at (someone or something) put your head above the parapet put your head in a noose put your oar in (something) put/stick the boot in put/stick the knife in put/stick two fingers up at somebody put/stick your oar in rise like a rocket (and fall like a stick) screw (one's) courage to the sticking place screw up (one's) courage to the sticking place sex on a stick shake a stick at short end of the stick short end of the stick, the short end of the stick, to get/have the slipstick speak softly and carry a big stick spitstick stand up for stand/stick out a mile stand/stick out like a sore thumb stick stick (one) with (someone or something) stick (one's) bib in stick (one's) chin out stick (one's) foot in (one's) mouth stick (one's) head above the parapet stick (one's) neck out stick (one's) nose (in) where it's not wanted stick (one's) nose (up) in the air stick (one's) nose in(to) (something) stick (one's) oar in(to) (something) stick (one's) spoon in the wall stick (one's) tongue out stick (one's) tongue out at (someone or something) Stick ’em up! stick a fork in (me/it/something) stick a pin in it stick and stay, make it pay stick around stick at stick at nothing stick by stick by (one's) guns stick by (someone or something) stick down Stick 'em up! stick fast stick figure stick in stick in (one's) craw stick in (one's) gizzard stick in (one's) gullet stick in (one's) throat stick in (one's) two penn'orth stick in (one's)/the mind stick in craw stick in mind stick in one's craw stick in one's craw, to stick in the mud stick in the mud, old stick in your craw stick in your gizzard stick in your mind stick in your throat stick in your throat/craw/gullet stick into stick into (something) stick it stick it on stick it out stick it to stick it to (one) stick it to someone stick it to the end stick it to the man stick man stick neck out stick nose in stick nose up in the air stick on stick one on (one) stick one on someone stick one’s nose in stick one’s nose in where it’s not wanted stick one's neck out stick one's neck out, to stick or twist stick out stick out (one's) tongue stick out (one's) tongue at (someone or something) stick out a mile stick out against stick out against (something) stick out like a sore thumb stick out like a sore thumb, to stick out to stick out to (someone or something) stick shift stick someone with something stick that in your pipe and smoke it stick the knife in stick through stick through (someone or something) stick to stick to (one's) fingers stick to (one's) guns stick to (one's) knitting stick to (one's) last stick to (something) stick to beat (someone or something) with stick to fingers stick to guns stick to knitting stick to one's guns stick to one's guns, to stick to one's last stick to ribs stick to someone's fingers stick to the knitting stick to the ribs stick to the script stick to the/(one's) ribs stick to your guns stick to your knitting stick to your last stick to your ribs stick together stick tongue out stick two fingers up at (someone or something) stick up stick up for stick up for (oneself) stick up for (someone or something) stick with stick with (someone or something) stick with it stick your bib in stick your chin out stick your neck out stick your oar in sticking point sticking-place stick-in-the-mud sticks and stones sticks and stones may break my bones (but words will never hurt me) sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me stick-to-itiveness stick-to-it-iveness stickum sugar-stick swizzle stick swizzle-stick take (a lot of) stick (from someone) tell (one) where to put it tell (one) where to stick it tell somebody where to put/stick something that's my story and I'm sticking to it the carrot and/or stick the cobbler should stick to his last the dirty end of the stick the moon on a stick the nail that sticks out gets hammered down the short end of the stick the sticks the wrong end of the stick thin as a rake throw dirt enough, and some will stick throw enough dirt, and some will stick throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick throw enough mud, and some will stick throw mud enough, and some will stick throw spaghetti at the wall and see what sticks up sticks up the stick up yours walk softly and carry a big stick words stick in (one's) throat wrong end of the stick, (got hold of) the wrong end of the stick, the References in classic literature You give 'm me ten stick tobacco," he added after due pause to let the information sink in. Dipping into his tobacco pocket, he thrust a loose handful of sticks into the ancient's hand and shoved the canoe adrift with no thought of how its helpless occupant would ever reach shore. Michael Brother of Jerry It is my experience that it is only an amiable man in this world who receives testimonials, only an unambitious one who abandons a London career for the country, and only an absent-minded one who leaves his stick and not his visiting-card after waiting an hour in your room." "Has been in the habit of carrying this stick behind his master. The Hound of the Baskervilles Red-Eye started over to pick up the stick. Old Marrow-Bone had tottered into his way. Before Adam I own I closed my eyes at the moment when the point of the stick first entered the quicksand. The Moonstone a knife?" said Cornelius, preparing to defend himself with his stick. The Black Tulip He takes off his long-flapped coat, and stands up in a long- flapped waistcoat, which Sir Roger de Coverley might have worn when it was new, picks out a stick, and is ready for Master Joe, who loses no time, but begins his old game, whack, whack, whack, trying to break down the old man's guard by sheer strength. Tom Browns Schooldays From these embers the inspector disinterred the butt end of a green cheque book, which had resisted the action of the fire; the other half of the stick was found behind the door; and as this clinched his suspicions, the officer declared himself delighted. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde In a little while, three others appeared at the head of the dam, bringing sticks and bushes. Adventures of Captain Bonneville USA in the Rocky Mountains and When I stood up, fire-stick in one hand, dynamite stick in the other, my knees were knocking together. The Red One He struck at me with his stick, but I caught the blow upon my little shield, and hit back. Nada The Lily "Not while I have a stout stick to thwack your saucy bones!" cried Robin. Robin Hood Of late they had quit attacking, or even showing themselves; for every time they had done so in the past the little stick had roared out its terrible message of death to some member of the tribe. Tarzan of the Apes Hans takes the needle, sticks it into a hay-cart, and follows the cart home. Fairy Tales
随便看	nose for nose habit nose hit nose in nose in a book, have one's nose in on nose in on (someone or something) nose in the air, have one's nose into (something) nose job nose-lunger nose of wax nose or a group out nose out nose out of nose out of joint nose out of joint, have one's nose out of joint, to have one's/put someone's nose-pick nose-picker nose-picking noser nose to tail nose to the grindstone nose to the grindstone, have/keep one's