Meaning of stick to someone's ribs | Babel Free

Definitions

To be filling, especially due to having a heavy meaty or glutinous consistency.

idiomatic

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Examples

“When I came to the cold lunch and fried breakfast poor Evans' face fell; he evidently doesn't much believe in the virtue of food, unless it is in the form of a hoosh and has some chance of sticking to one's ribs.”

“Those two mincemeat tarts hadn't stuck to his ribs the way he'd thought they would.”

“I've been trying to find a way to incorporate more vegetarian dishes into my everyday rotation, and to be honest, it's been hard to find something hearty and that sticks to my ribs, that's also meat free.”

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