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1 come to a sticky end
(to have an unpleasant fate or death.) kohdata ikävä loppu -
2 stick
• olla• oksaaviation• ohjaussauva• panna• palikka• painaa• pamppu• riuku• risu• riippua kiinni• tuikata• hämmentyä puheessaan• imeytyä• iskeä• istua• juuttua• työntäistä• työntää• varpu• varsi• epäröidä• sitoa• sietää• arastella• törröttää• puikko• puhkaista• pötkö• pysyä• pysyä uskollisena• tikku• karttu• keihästää• kapula• kepakko• keppifinance, business, economy• kiinnittää• liimata• liisteröidä• liimautua• jäädä• kalikka• jääpallomaila• kanki• jääkiekkomaila• patukka• sauva• seiväs• mailaautomatic data processing• lävistää• survaista• takertua• tanko• tarttua• tarrautua• tarttua (takertua)• tarttua kiinni• tahmautua• piintyä• pistäytyä• pinttyä• pistää• pitää kiinni* * *I stik past tense, past participle - stuck; verb1) (to push (something sharp or pointed) into or through something: She stuck a pin through the papers to hold them together; Stop sticking your elbow into me!) pistää2) ((of something pointed) to be pushed into or through something: Two arrows were sticking in his back.) törröttää3) (to fasten or be fastened (by glue, gum etc): He licked the flap of the envelope and stuck it down; These labels don't stick very well; He stuck (the broken pieces of) the vase together again; His brothers used to call him Bonzo and the name has stuck.) kiinnittää, tarttua4) (to (cause to) become fixed and unable to move or progress: The car stuck in the mud; The cupboard door has stuck; I'll help you with your arithmetic if you're stuck.) juuttua•- sticker- sticky
- stickily
- stickiness
- sticking-plaster
- stick-in-the-mud
- come to a sticky end
- stick at
- stick by
- stick it out
- stick out
- stick one's neck out
- stick to/with
- stick together
- stick up for II stik noun1) (a branch or twig from a tree: They were sent to find sticks for firewood.) keppi2) (a long thin piece of wood etc shaped for a special purpose: She always walks with a stick nowadays; a walking-stick / hockey-stick; a drumstick.) keppi, maila, kapula3) (a long piece: a stick of rhubarb.) varsi, tanko•- get hold of the wrong end of the stick- get the wrong end of the stick
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come to a sticky end — ► come to a sticky end informal be led by one s own actions to ruin or an unpleasant death. Main Entry: ↑sticky … English terms dictionary
come to a sticky end — come to/meet/a sticky end british informal phrase to die or suffer badly, especially when this is deserved Thesaurus: to die or to be killedsynonym Main entry: sticky … Useful english dictionary
come to a sticky end — British & Australian, humorous, British & Australian, humorous to die in an unpleasant way. Of course the villain comes to a sticky end in the last act of the play … New idioms dictionary
come to a sticky end — be led by one s own actions to ruin or an unpleasant death. → sticky … English new terms dictionary
come to a sticky end — to fail disastrously but deservedly The fate of a fly on flypaper. It may describe an untimely death of a dissolute or criminal person, the incarceration of a rogue, an unwanted pregnancy of a flighty girl, or any other unpleasant upshot… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
sticky end — /stɪki ˈɛnd/ (say stikee end) noun 1. an unhappy final situation: that girl will come to a sticky end. 2. a wretched or violent death: he met a sticky end in Mexico …
(a) sticky end — a bad/sticky ˈend idiom (BrE) something unpleasant that happens to sb, for example punishment or a violent death, usually because of their own actions • He ll come to a sticky end one of these days if he carries on like that. Main entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
meet a sticky end — come to/meet/a sticky end british informal phrase to die or suffer badly, especially when this is deserved Thesaurus: to die or to be killedsynonym Main entry: sticky … Useful english dictionary
sticky — ► ADJECTIVE (stickier, stickiest) 1) tending or designed to stick; adhesive. 2) glutinous; viscous. 3) (of the weather) hot and humid; muggy. 4) informal difficult; awkward. 5) informal (of a website) attracting a long visit or repeat visits from … English terms dictionary
sticky — adjective 1 SWEETS/HONEY ETC made of or covered with a substance that sticks to surfaces: Jeremy s hands were sticky with jam. | tea and sticky buns 2 sticky label/tape etc BrE a label 1 (1) etc that has glue on one side so that it sticks to… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
end — 1 /end/ noun (C) 1 LAST PART the last part of something such as a period of time, activity, book, or film: He s leaving at the end of October. | I found the end of the movie very disappointing. | from beginning to end: Her story was a pack of… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English