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.
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a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.
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stick together, stick-to-it-ive, stick-to-it-iveness, stick to one's guns, stick to one's last, stick to the ribs, stickum, stickup, stick up for, stickup man, stickweed
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