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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.

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stick to your ribs

if something that you eat sticks to your ribs, it makes you feel you have eaten a lot That chocolate pudding really sticks to your ribs.

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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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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.

rib-tickler

n. a joke; something very funny. That was a real rib-tickler. I’ll remember that joke.

stick to (one's) ribs

Informal

To be substantial or filling. Used of food.

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