Stick (to someone or something) like shit to a shovel rude slang
To hold on tightly to somebody/something; to stay very close to someone and not let them go.
Oh gosh! The meat sticks to the pan like shit to shovel gain!
Why don't you get rid of that mire? It will stick to my car like shit to a shovel!
To be greatly dependent on someone/something; to tend to come or go after someone around.
Though he is an adult now, he still sticks to his parents like shit to a shovel.
It infuriates me that he keeps sticking to me like shit to a shovel though I told him I didn't want to play with him.
To become closely and inextricably linked to/with someone/something.
He said that liberty stuck to social justice like shit to a shovel.
Unemployment sticks to the inner city decay like shit to a shovel. We must address them together.
To obey general expectations to gain acceptance and security
The verb "stick" must be conjugated according to its tense.
The origin of this slang is not clear.
To be very wet
Because of forgetting bringing an umbrella, I look like a drowned rat when it rains.