Meaning: beggar's-ticks 
n.
any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing
ticks Idiom, Proverb
fiddlesticks
deuce of ticks
sticks and stones
Idiom(s): sticks and stonesTheme: ENMITY
elements of harm [directed at someone]. (Part of a rhyme, "Sticks and stone may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." Fixed order.)
• I have had enough of your sticks and stones. I have enough trouble without your adding to it.
• After the opposing candidate had used sticks and stones for a month, suddenly there were kind words heard.
Sticks and stones will break my bones but names w
Physical attacks may harm me, but cruel words will not.Out in the sticks
(UK) If someone lives out in the sticks, they live out in the country, a long way from any metropolitan area.Up sticks
(UK) If you up sticks, you leave somewhere, usually permanently and without warning- he upped sticks and went to work abroad.
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