[get stuck] {v. phr.} 1. To be victimized; be cheated. * /The Smiths sure got stuck when they bought that secondhand car; it broke down just two days after they […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

stuck-up

[stuck-up] {adj.}, {informal} Acting as if other people are not as good as you are; conceited; snobbish. * /Mary is very stuck-up, and will not speak to the poor children […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

stuck with

[stuck with] {adj. phr.} Left in a predicament; left having to take care of a problem caused by another. * /Our neighbors vanished without a trace and we got stuck […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

stick in one's craw

[stick in one's craw] or [stuck in one's crop] {v. phr.} To make you angry; bother you; annoy you. * /His parents' praise of his brother stuck in Jerry's craw./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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two bits

[two bits] {n.}, {slang} Twenty-five cents; a quarter of a dollar. * /A haircut only cost two bits when Grandfather was […]

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[clock watcher] {n. phr.}, {informal} A worker who always quits at once when it is time; a man who is in a hurry to leave his […]

[in] or [into the limelight] {adj. phr.} In the center of attention. * /Some people will do almost anything to be able to […]