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the sticks

The rural countryside, especially in a rustic or particularly unsophisticated area. Jane was sick of living in the sticks and dreamed of spending her life in New York City. What, are you embarrassed by your family from the sticks coming up to the big city to visit?

stick

1. n. a baseball bat. (Baseball.) He holds the stick up higher than most batters.
2. n. a pool cue. He drew the stick back slowly, sighted again, and gave the cue ball a sharp knock.
3. n. a golf club. These aren’t my sticks, and you aren’t my caddy. What’s going on around here?
4. n. the lever that controls the horizontal and vertical surfaces of the tail of an aircraft. The pilot pulled back on the stick, and the plane did nothing—being that he hadn’t even started the engine or anything. You pull back on the stick, which lowers the tail and raises the nose, and up you go.
5. n. a gearshift lever in a car. (see also stick shift.) I keep reaching for the stick in a car with automatic.
6. n. a drunkard. (Possibly from dipstick, shitstick, or swizzle-stick.) Get that stick out of here before he makes a mess.
7. n. a person’s legs. (Always plural.) He’s got good sticks under him, but he won’t use them.
8. and the sticks n. a rural or backwoods area. (Always with the in this sense and always plural.) You hear a lot about how things are in the sticks. They’re worse.

stick

to/by one's guns
To hold fast to an opinion or a set course of action.
See:
  • (as) thin as a stick
  • a rod/stick to beat somebody with
  • a stick to beat someone or something with
  • a stick to beat someone with
  • a sticking point
  • a stick-in-the-mud
  • be (as) thin as a stick
  • be in a cleft stick
  • be jolly hockey sticks
  • be up the stick
  • between the sticks
  • boom sticks
  • boonies, the
  • cancer stick
  • carrot and stick
  • carrot and the stick, the
  • carrot on a stick
  • carrot or stick
  • carry a big stick
  • carry the stick
  • clue stick
  • cobbler, stick to your last
  • cross as two sticks
  • cut (one's) stick
  • dead-stick landing
  • dipstick
  • get (a lot of) stick (from someone)
  • get a lot of stick
  • get hold of the right end of the stick
  • get hold of the wrong end of the stick
  • get on the stick
  • get the short end of the stick
  • get the stick
  • get the wrong end of the stick
  • get/take stick from somebody
  • give (someone) (a lot of) stick
  • give it some stick
  • give somebody stick
  • gyvestick
  • Hands up!
  • have (one's) words stick in (one's) throat
  • have (something) stick in (one's) craw
  • have stick in craw
  • have words stick in throat
  • H-E-double-hockey-sticks
  • hit by the stupid stick
  • hit by the ugly stick
  • hit by/with the stupid stick
  • hit by/with the ugly stick
  • in a cleft stick
  • in the sticks
  • it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog
  • Let the cobbler stick to his last
  • licorice stick
  • like a monkey on a stick
  • make (something) stick
  • make something stick
  • make stick
  • more (something) than you can shake a stick at
  • more than one can shake a stick at
  • more than you can shake a stick at
  • more things than you can shake a stick at
  • more... than you can shake a stick at
  • move the yardsticks
  • mud sticks
  • not hold a stick to
  • not hold a stick to (someone or something)
  • old stick
  • on the stick
  • pick up sticks
  • pimp stick
  • poke (one's) nose in(to) (something)
  • poke nose in
  • poke your nose into something
  • poke/stick your nose in/into something
  • put (one's) nose in(to) (something)
  • put (one's) oar in(to) (something)
  • put foot in mouth
  • put nose in
  • put oar in
  • put one’s nose in where it’s not wanted
  • put the knife in
  • put two fingers up at (someone or something)
  • put your head above the parapet
  • put your head in a noose
  • put your oar in (something)
  • put/stick the boot in
  • put/stick the knife in
  • put/stick two fingers up at somebody
  • put/stick your oar in
  • rise like a rocket (and fall like a stick)
  • screw (one's) courage to the sticking place
  • screw up (one's) courage to the sticking place
  • sex on a stick
  • shake a stick at
  • short end of the stick
  • short end of the stick, the
  • short end of the stick, to get/have the
  • slipstick
  • speak softly and carry a big stick
  • spitstick
  • stand up for
  • stand/stick out a mile
  • stand/stick out like a sore thumb
  • stick
  • stick (one) with (someone or something)
  • stick (one's) bib in
  • stick (one's) chin out
  • stick (one's) head above the parapet
  • stick (one's) neck out
  • stick (one's) nose (in) where it's not wanted
  • stick (one's) nose (up) in the air
  • stick (one's) nose in(to) (something)
  • stick (one's) oar in(to) (something)
  • stick (one's) spoon in the wall
  • stick (one's) tongue out
  • stick (one's) tongue out at (someone or something)
  • Stick ’em up!
  • stick a fork in (me/it/something)
  • stick around
  • stick at
  • stick at nothing
  • stick by
  • stick by (one's) guns
  • stick by (someone or something)
  • stick down
  • Stick 'em up!
  • stick fast
  • stick figure
  • stick in
  • stick in (one's) craw
  • stick in (one's) gizzard
  • stick in (one's) gullet
  • stick in (one's) throat
  • stick in (one's) two penn'orth
  • stick in (one's)/the mind
  • stick in craw
  • stick in mind
  • stick in one's craw
  • stick in one's craw, to
  • stick in the mud
  • stick in the mud, old
  • stick in your craw
  • stick in your gizzard
  • stick in your mind
  • stick in your throat
  • stick in your throat/craw/gullet
  • stick into
  • stick into (something)
  • stick it
  • stick it on
  • stick it out
  • stick it to
  • stick it to (one)
  • stick it to someone
  • stick it to the end
  • stick it to the man
  • stick man
  • stick neck out
  • stick nose in
  • stick nose up in the air
  • stick on
  • stick one on (one)
  • stick one on someone
  • stick one’s nose in
  • stick one’s nose in where it’s not wanted
  • stick one's neck out
  • stick one's neck out, to
  • stick out
  • stick out (one's) tongue
  • stick out (one's) tongue at (someone or something)
  • stick out a mile
  • stick out against
  • stick out against (something)
  • stick out like a sore thumb
  • stick out like a sore thumb, to
  • stick out to
  • stick out to (someone or something)
  • stick shift
  • stick someone with something
  • stick the knife in
  • stick through
  • stick through (someone or something)
  • stick to
  • stick to (one's) fingers
  • stick to (one's) guns
  • stick to (one's) knitting
  • stick to (one's) last
  • stick to (something)
  • stick to beat (someone or something) with
  • stick to fingers
  • stick to guns
  • stick to knitting
  • stick to one's guns
  • stick to one's guns, to
  • stick to one's last
  • stick to ribs
  • stick to someone's fingers
  • stick to the knitting
  • stick to the ribs
  • stick to the script
  • stick to the/(one's) ribs
  • stick to your guns
  • stick to your knitting
  • stick to your last
  • stick to your ribs
  • stick together
  • stick tongue out
  • stick two fingers up at (someone or something)
  • stick up
  • stick up for
  • stick up for (someone or something
  • stick with
  • stick with (someone or something)
  • stick with it
  • stick your bib in
  • stick your chin out
  • stick your neck out
  • stick your oar in
  • sticking point
  • sticking-place
  • stick-in-the-mud
  • sticks and stones
  • sticks and stones may break my bones (but words will never hurt me)
  • sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me
  • stick-to-itiveness
  • stickum
  • swizzle stick
  • swizzle-stick
  • take (a lot of) stick (from someone)
  • tell (one) where to put it
  • tell (one) where to stick it
  • tell somebody where to put/stick something
  • that's my story and I'm sticking to it
  • the carrot and/or stick
  • the cobbler should stick to his last
  • the dirty end of the stick
  • the moon on a stick
  • the short end of the stick
  • the sticks
  • the wrong end of the stick
  • thin as a rake
  • Throw dirt enough, and some will stick
  • throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick
  • up sticks
  • up the stick
  • up yours
  • walk softly and carry a big stick
  • words stick in (one's) throat
  • wrong end of the stick, (got hold of) the
  • wrong end of the stick, the
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