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[stiff] See: KEEP A STIFF UPPER LIP, SCARE OUT OF ONE’S WITS or SCARE STIFF.
[still] See: HEART STAND STILL.
[still life]{n. phr.} A term used by artists to describe a motionless picture of a bowl of fruit, flowers, etc. •/One of van Gogh’s most famous still lifes is a vase of yellow flowers./
[still waters run deep] Quiet people probably are profound thinkers. — A proverb. •/He doesn’t say much, but he sure looks smart. Well, still waters run deep, isn’t that true?/
[stir up]{v.} 1. To bring (something) into being, often by great exertion or activity; cause. •/It was a quiet afternoon, and John tried to stir up some excitement./ •/Bob stirred up a fight between Tom and Bill./ Compare: WHIP UP(2). 2. To cause (someone) to act; incite to action or movement; rouse. •/The coach’s pep talk stirred up the team to win./ •/When Mary heard what Betty said about her, she became stirred up./
[stir up a hornet’s nest]{v. phr.} To make many people angry; do something that many people don’t like. •/The principal stirred up a hornet’s nest by changing the rules at school./
[stitch] See: IN STITCHES.
[stock] See: IN STOCK, OUT OF STOCK, TAKE STOCK, TAKE STOCK IN.
[stock-in-trade]{n. phr.} The materials which one customarily deals, sells, or offers. •/Imported silk blouses from the Orient are the stock-in-trade of their small shop./ •/Anecdotes are often an after-dinner speaker’s stock-in-trade./
[stomach] See: EYES BIGGER THAN ONE’S STOMACH, BUTTERFLIES IN YOUR STOMACH, TURN ONE’S STOMACH.
[stone] See: CAST THE FIRST STONE, HAVE A HEART OF STONE, KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE, LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED, PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULD NOT THROW STONES, ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS.
[stone-blind]{adj. phr.} 1. Completely blind. •/Poor Al is stone-blind and needs help to get across the street carefully./ 2. Highly intoxicated. •/George drank too much and got stone-blind at the office party./ See: GET STONED, THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND.
[stone-broke] or [dead broke] or [flat broke]{adj.}, {informal} Having no money; penniless. •/Jill wanted to go to the movies but she was stone-broke./ •/The man gambled and was soon flat broke./
[stone-cold]{adj.} Having no warmth; completely cold. — Used to describe things that are better when warm. •/The boys who got up late found their breakfast stone-cold./ •/The furnace went off and the radiators were stone-cold./
[stone-dead]{adj.}, {informal} Showing no signs of life; completely dead. •/Barry tried to revive the frozen robin but it was stone-dead./
[stone-deaf]{adj. phr.} Completely deaf. •/Sam is stone-deaf so let him read your lips if you know no sign language./
[stone wall] or [brick wall]{adj.} Something hard to overcome; an idea or belief that is hard to change. •/The students ran into a brick wall when they asked the principal to put off the examination./ •/Dick tried to change Father’s mind about letting him use the car Saturday night, but he was up against a stone wall./
[stone’s throw] or [within a stone’s throw]{adv. phr.} Within a very short distance. •/They live across the street from us, just within a stone’s throw./ See: HOP, SKIP AND A JUMP.
[stool pigeon]{n.} A criminal who informs on his associates. •/The detective was able to solve the crime mainly through information obtained from a stool pigeon./
[stop] See: PUT AN END TO(1), or PUT A STOP TO.
[stop at nothing]{v. phr.} To be unscrupulous. •/Al will stop at nothing to get Nancy to go out with him./
[stop by] See: DROP BY.
[stop cold] or [stop dead] or [stop in one’s tracks]{v. phr.}, {informal} To stop very quickly or with great force. •/The hunter pulled the trigger and stopped the deer cold./ •/When I saw Mary on the street, I was so surprised I stopped dead./ •/The deer heard a noise and he stopped in his tracks./
[stop off]{v.} To stop at a place for a short time while going somewhere. •/We stopped off after school at the soda fountain before going home./ •/On our trip to California we stopped off in Las Vegas for two days./
[stop over]{v.} To stay at a place overnight or for some other short time while on a trip elsewhere. •/When we came back from California, we stopped over one night near the Grand Canyon./
[stop short]{v. phr.} To suddenly stop. •/Jake stopped short when he heard somebody yell out his name loud but there was no one in sight./
[stop street]{n.} A street where cars must come to a full stop before crossing another street. •/Johnny was late because he traveled on a stop street./ Contrast: THROUGH STREET.
[stop the show]{v. phr.} To elicit such a strong applause from the audience that the show is interrupted. •/Pavarotti’s rendition of "O sole mio" always stops the show./