to stick a flower in one's buttonhole

1) (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!) zabosti

2) ((of something pointed) to be pushed into or through something: Two arrows were sticking in his back.) zadreti

3) (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.) nalepiti

4) (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.) zatakniti (se)

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- sticker

1) (a branch or twig from a tree: They were sent to find sticks for firewood.) veja

2) (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.) palica

3) (a long piece: a stick of rhubarb.) steblo

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- get hold of the wrong end of the stick

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palica, gorjača, sprehajalna palica; prot, šiba; bat, kij; držalo, držaj, toporišče, nasadilo; steblo, kocen; music dirigentska paličica, taktirka; tablica (čokolade); nautical jocosely jambor; printing vrstičnik; slang revolver; plural protje, šibje, polena (kot kurivo); figuratively colloquially dolgočasnež, sitnež; British English slang lomilno orodje, lomilka

in a cleft stick — v precepu, v škripcih

a few sticks of furniture — nekaj kosov pohištva

any stick to beat a dog figuratively pretveza se hitro najde, sovraštvo ne izbira sredstev

the big stick American slang politika grožnje z vojno drugi državi

as cross as two sticks figuratively pasje slabe volje

drum stick — paličica za bobnanje

broom stick — držaj metle

fiddle stick — lok

gold stick — zlata palica (ali njen nosilec), ki jo nosi polkovnik garde ob svečanih prilikah

riding on a stick broom — jahanje (čarovnic) na metli

single stick — lesena palica s ščitkom za roko (pri mečevanju)

sword stick — votla palica, v kateri je bodalo

walking stick — sprehajalna palica

the wrong end of the stick figuratively neugoden položaj; popačeno poročilo

to be beaten with one's own stick — biti tepen z lastno palico, sam sebi jamo izkopati

to be in a cleft stick — biti v precepu, v škripcih, v brezizhodnem položaju

it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog figuratively lahko je najti pretvezo

to cut one's stick slang popihati jo, oditi

to get hold of the wrong end of the stick figuratively napačno (kaj) razumeti

to give a boy a stick — šibati dečka

to pick up sticks — pobirati vejevje (za kurjavo)

he wants the stick figuratively on potrebuje palico (batine);

podpreti (rastlino) s palico; printing (po)staviti črke

zabod, vbod, sunek; mirovanje, obtičanje; vzrok zaviranja, odlašanja; adhezija; lepljiva snov

prebosti, zabosti, zabadati; zaklati; nabosti, nasaditi, zadreti; zatakniti; iztegniti, pomoliti ( out of iz); natakniti (čepico) (on, to na); naježiti; nalepiti, prilepiti (on, to na); zamazati, pomazati; podpreti (rastlino) s kolcem; colloquially vreči pri izpitu; figuratively spraviti (koga) v zadrego; zmesti; zaustaviti; podtakniti (s.th. on s.o. kaj komu); slang prevarati, oslepariti; slang prenesti, vzdržati;

tičati; biti poln (česa); sršati, štrleti, moleti ( out of iz); (pri)lepiti se (on, to na, za); zalepiti se, oprijeti se, prijemati se (to česa); obtičati, ne se premikati, zatakniti se (tudi figuratively); zagaziti; čvrsto sedeti (na konju); colloquially osta(ja)ti, vztrajati ( at to pri), držati se (to česa), ostati zvest (by komu, čemu); ne se pustiti odvrniti; biti zmeden, oklevati ustrašiti se (at ob, pred)

stuck to American slang zaljubljen, zateleban v

stuck up slang zmeden, zbegan

to stick at — ustaviti se ob, oklevati, ustrašiti se ob

he sticks at nothing — on se ničesar ne ustraši, njega nobena stvar ne zadrži

to stick bills — lepiti lepake, plakate, plakatirati

stick no bills! — plakatiranje prepovedano!

the boat stuck on a shoal — čoln je nasedel na plitvino

she sticks to me like a bur — ona se me drži (prime) kot klòp

to stick butterflies — nabadati (nabosti) metulje

the door has stuck — vrata so se zaskočila

to stick a flower in one's buttonhole — zatakniti si cvetlico v gumbnico

to stick to a friend — ostati zvest prijatelju

to stick to one's guns figuratively ostati zvest čemu, ne prelomiti besede

to stick one's head out of the window — pomoliti glavo iz okna

they stuck to his heels — prilepili (obesili) so se mu na pete

to stick one's hands in one's pockets — vtakniti roke v žep

he sticks indoors — on vedno tiči doma

to stick it slang vzdržati, vztrajati

to stick to it — oprijeti se, ne popustiti

to stick a knife into s.o.'s back — zasaditi komu nož v hrbet

a man who will stick at nothing figuratively človek brez pomislekov, ki se pred ničemer ne ustavi

some money stuck to his fingers figuratively poneveril je nekaj denarja

to stick in the mud — obtičati v blatu

stick my name down on the list — zapišite moje ime v seznam!

the nickname stuck to him — vzdevek se ga je prijel

he is always sticking his nose into my business — vedno vtika svoj nos v moje posle (zadeve)

to stick a pig — zaklati prašiča

to stick to the point — ostati pri stvari, ne se oddaljiti od predmeta

he stuck me with a puzzle — spravil me je v zadrego z (neko) uganko

I stuck him with that question — s tem vprašanjem sem ga vrgel na izpitu

to stick to one's promise — držati svojo obljubo

to stick a stamp on a letter — nalepiti znamko na pismo

it sticks in my throat — obtičalo mi je v grlu, ne morem pogoltniti; figuratively ne morem zaupati

if you throw mud enough, some of it will stick — če zelo obrekuješ koga, bodo ljudje nekaterim teh klevet verjeli; tudi nedolžnost ni varna pred obrekovanjem

to stick to his word — držati (svojo) besedo;