stick to the/(one's) ribs

Of food, to be hearty and sustaining. I'm sick of eating nothing but fruit and vegetables—give me something that will stick to the ribs. Have a bowl of my famous chili, it will stick to your ribs in this cold weather.See also: rib, stick

stick to one's ribs

Fig. [for food] to last long and fortify one well; [for food] to sustain one even in the coldest weather. This oatmeal ought to stick to your ribs. You need something hearty on a cold day like this. I don't want just a salad! I want something that will stick to my ribs.See also: rib, stick

stick to the ribs

Be substantial or filling, as in It may not be health food but steak really sticks to the ribs. This idiom was first recorded in 1603. See also: rib, stick

stick to your ribs

(of food) be very filling.See also: rib, stick

rib

1. n. a joke; an act of teasing. I didn’t mean any harm. It was just a little rib. 2. tv. to tease someone. Please don’t rib me any more tonight. I’ve had it.

stick to (one's) ribs

Informal To be substantial or filling. Used of food.See also: rib, stick

stick to the ribs

To be filling and satisfying. This description of enjoying one’s food dates from at least 1603: “Some one . . . hath offred her such Kindnes as sticks by her ribs a good while after” (Wilson, The Bachelor’s Banquet). It appeared in John Ray’s proverb collection of 1670 as well.See also: rib, stick

单词	stick to the/(one's) ribs
释义	stick to the/(one's) ribs stick to the/(one's) ribs Of food, to be hearty and sustaining. I'm sick of eating nothing but fruit and vegetables—give me something that will stick to the ribs. Have a bowl of my famous chili, it will stick to your ribs in this cold weather.See also: rib, stick stick to one's ribs Fig. [for food] to last long and fortify one well; [for food] to sustain one even in the coldest weather. This oatmeal ought to stick to your ribs. You need something hearty on a cold day like this. I don't want just a salad! I want something that will stick to my ribs.See also: rib, stick stick to the ribs Be substantial or filling, as in It may not be health food but steak really sticks to the ribs. This idiom was first recorded in 1603. See also: rib, stick stick to your ribs (of food) be very filling.See also: rib, stick rib 1. n. a joke; an act of teasing. I didn’t mean any harm. It was just a little rib. 2. tv. to tease someone. Please don’t rib me any more tonight. I’ve had it. stick to (one's) ribs Informal To be substantial or filling. Used of food.See also: rib, stick stick to the ribs To be filling and satisfying. This description of enjoying one’s food dates from at least 1603: “Some one . . . hath offred her such Kindnes as sticks by her ribs a good while after” (Wilson, The Bachelor’s Banquet). It appeared in John Ray’s proverb collection of 1670 as well.See also: rib, stick
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