stick to (one's) knitting

1. To mind one's own business. Oh, stick to your knitting—I don't need to hear your opinion of every little thing I do.

2. To do only what one knows or is familiar with. You can't just stick to your knitting—you have to try new things too.

stick to your knitting

If someone, especially a company or organization, sticks to their knitting, they continue to do something that they are experienced at and do not try to do something different about which they know very little. It failed because we did not understand the plumbing business, and it taught us a lesson about sticking to our knitting! Northern Rock is sticking to its knitting — mortgages and savings.

stick to (one's) knitting

Informal

To mind one's own business.

词组	stick to (one's) knitting
释义	stick to (one's) knitting stick to (one's) knitting 1. To mind one's own business. Oh, stick to your knitting—I don't need to hear your opinion of every little thing I do. 2. To do only what one knows or is familiar with. You can't just stick to your knitting—you have to try new things too. See also: knitting, stick Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. stick to your knitting If someone, especially a company or organization, sticks to their knitting, they continue to do something that they are experienced at and do not try to do something different about which they know very little. It failed because we did not understand the plumbing business, and it taught us a lesson about sticking to our knitting! Northern Rock is sticking to its knitting — mortgages and savings. See also: knitting, stick Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. stick to (one's) knitting Informal To mind one's own business. See also: knitting, stick American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. See also: stick to knitting stick to the knitting stick to your knitting at will about (one's) business about business (from) top to toe be hoist by (one's) own petard be hoist with (one's) own petard be hoist with one's own petard
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