stick

See:

be as thin as a stick be jolly hockey sticks a carrot and stick (approach) carrot-and-stick get on the stick get the short end of the stick get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick get/take [a lot of/some etc.] stick give someone [a lot of/some etc.] stick in a cleft stick make something stick more something than you can shake a stick at Mud sticks. poke/stick your nose into something put in/stick in your two penn'orth put/stick your head above the parapet put/stick your oar in

Put/stick that in your pipe and smoke it! put/stick the knife in put/stick two fingers up at someone/something Shove/Stick something up your arse! stand/stick out a mile stand/stick out like a sore thumb stick around stick by someone/something stick in your craw stick in your gullet/throat stick in your mind stick it out stick it to someone stick your neck out stick out stick out like a sore thumb stick to something

a stick to beat someone/something with stick to your guns stick to your knitting stick to your ribs stick together stick up someone/something stick up for someone/something stick someone with someone/something stick with someone/something a stick-in-the-mud stick-thin a sticking point Sticks and stones may break my bones (but words will never hurt me). sticks in the/your mind That's my story and I'm sticking to it. up sticks