Смысл: bib and tucker

bib and tucker[͵bıb(ə)n(d)ʹtʌkə]
разг.
<Í> одежда, платье
best bib and tucker - лучшее /выходное/ платье

tuck Идиома

nip and tuck

evenly matched, hard fought to the finish They were going along nip and tuck but he finally won the race in the end.

see you stuck

(See won't see you stuck)

stuck on

focussed on, obsessed with Jack is stuck on Vicki, but she doesn't care about him.

stuck up

acting as if other people are not as good as one is, conceited We don

tuckered out

short of breath, panting, puffing Timmy was tuckered out after jogging with his father.

won't see you stuck

will help if necessary, will not refuse firmly, leave the door open """Will you judge our pie contest?"" ""I'd rather not do it, but I won't see you stuck."""

bleed like a stuck pig

to bleed profusely

tuck into

Idiom(s): tuck into sth

Theme: EATING

to eat something with hunger and enjoyment. (Informal.)
• The children really tucked into the ice cream.
• Jean would like to have tucked into the chocolate cake, but she's on a strict diet.

stuck with

Idiom(s): stuck with sb or sth

Theme: BURDEN

burdened with someone or something; left having to care for someone or something. (Informal.)
• Please don't leave me stuck with your aunt. She talks too much.
• My roommate quit school and left me stuck with the telephone bill.

best bib and tucker

Idiom(s): best bib and tucker

Theme: CLOTHING

one's best clothing. (Folksy. Fixed order.)
• I always put on my best bib and tucker on Sundays.
• Put on your best bib and tucker, and let's go to the city.

all tuckered out

Idiom(s): (all) tuckered out

Theme: EXHAUSTION

tired out; worn out. (Folksy.)
• Poor John worked so hard that he's all tuckered out.
• Look at that little baby sleeping. She's really tuckered out.

best bib and tucker|Sunday|Sunday best|Sunday go t

n. phr., informal Best clothes or outfit of clothing. The cowboy got all dressed up in his best bib and tucker to go to the dance. Mary went to the party in her Sunday best and made a hit with the boys.
Compare: GLAD RAGS.

get stuck|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 got it. 2. To become entrapped or embroiled in a physical, emotional, or social obstacle so as to be unable to free oneself. Last winter our car got stuck in the snow and we had to walk home. Poor Jeff is stuck in a terrible job. Tom and Jane are stuck in a bad marriage.

nip and tuck|nip|tuck

adj. or adv., informal Evenly matched; hard fought to the finish. The game was nip and tuck until the last minute. A was a nip and tuck race right to the finish line. The two salesmen fought nip and tuck for the contract all the way.
Compare: NECK AND NECK.

stick in one's craw|craw|crop|stick|stuck in one's

v. phr. To make you angry; bother you; annoy you. His parents' praise of his brother stuck in Jerry's craw. Sue's failure to get a better grade than Ann stuck in her crop.

stuck on|stuck

slang Very much in love with; crazy about. Judy thinks she is very pretty and very smart. She is stuck on herself. Lucy is stuck on the football captain.

stuck with|stuck

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 with their cat and dog.

stuck-up|stuck

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 in her class.

tuck in|tuck

v. phr. To place the covers carefully around the person (usually a child) in bed. When I was a child, my mother used to tuck me into bed every night.

stuck for, be

stuck for, be
Be unable to obtain or think of, as in We're stuck for a fourth for bridge, or In this course I'm always stuck for an answer. [Colloquial; first half of 1900s]

stuck on, be

stuck on, be
Be very fond of, as in She's been stuck on him ever since first grade. [Slang; late 1800s]

tuck

tuck
In addition to the idioms beginning with tuck, also see nip and tuck.
* * *
- tuck away
- tuck in
- tuck into

tuck away

tuck away
1) Eat heartily, as in He tucked away an enormous steak. [Colloquial; mid-1800s] Also see tuck into.
2) Hide, put in storage, as in She had several hundred dollars tucked away. [c. 1900]

tuck in

tuck in
Thrust in the edge of or end of something, such as bed linens or a shirt; also, make a child secure in bed by folding in the bedclothes. For example, Tuck in your shirt; it looks awful hanging out of your pants, or Mother went upstairs to tuck in the children. [First half of 1600s]

tucker

tucker
see best bib and tucker.

unstuck

unstuck
see under come apart at the seams.