stick to your ribs

stick to your ribs
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 — • stick to one s ribs • stick to the ribs v. phr. informal To keep you from getting hungry again too quickly. Doctors say you should eat a good breakfast that sticks to your ribs. Farmers eat food that sticks to the ribs …   Словарь американских идиом

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