| 单词 | to stick to a person's ribs |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto stick to a person's (also the) ribs P3. to stick to a person's (also the) ribs: (of food) to be nourishing and filling, to sustain a person for a long time. ΚΠ 1795 E. Burke Fourth Let. Peace Regicide Directory in Writings & Speeches (1991) IX. 48 We require some food that will stick to the ribs. 1845 Times 27 Nov. 8 An old labourer..complained to his master that labourers feeding on potatoes could not now do so good a day's work... ‘Peas, Sir,’ said he, ‘stick to the ribs.’ 1987 Daily Tel. 19 Jan. 10/3 The dried pulses and beans and pearl barley that..are the mainstay of soups and stews which ‘stick to your ribs’. 2002 J. Grisham Summons (2003) xiv. 134 You got a long drive. Pancakes'll stick to your ribs. < as lemmas |
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