ugly as a stick

ugly as a stick
Ugly as a stick
(USA) If someone is as ugly as a stick, they are very ugly indeed.

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  • ugly as a stick — (USA)    If someone is as ugly as a stick, they are very ugly indeed.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • stick up — {v.}, {informal} To rob with a gun. * /When the messenger left the bank, a man jumped out of an alley and stuck him up./ Syn.: HOLD UP. * /In the old West, outlaws sometimes stuck up the stagecoaches./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • stick up — {v.}, {informal} To rob with a gun. * /When the messenger left the bank, a man jumped out of an alley and stuck him up./ Syn.: HOLD UP. * /In the old West, outlaws sometimes stuck up the stagecoaches./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • Ugly stick — The ugly stick is a traditional Newfoundland musical instrument fashioned out of household and tool shed items, typically a mop handle with bottle caps, tin cans, small bells and other noise makers. The instrument is played with a drum stick and… …   Wikipedia

  • Ugly Betty (season 3) — infobox tvseason season name = Ugly Betty (season 3) caption = Ugly Betty s innertitle dvd release date = dvd format = country= USA network =ABC first aired =September 25, 2008 last aired =Spring 2009 num episodes = prev season = 2 next season =… …   Wikipedia

  • ugly-stick — n An imaginary stick that makes anyone hit by it ugly. Where did you get that outfit! Were you hit by the ugly stick? 1990s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

  • ugly stick — n an imagined source of repellent physi cal characteristics, manners or behav iour. The words usually form part of a sardonic speculation that the person in question has been taking ugly pills or has been hit with the ugly stick . An alternative… …   Contemporary slang

  • ugly\ bulldozer — Completely and thorough ugliness such that it causes great pain. It s a phrase used to describe someone unfortunate enough to have been born so ugly. Forget the ugly stick. This girl got run over by the ugly bulldozer …   Dictionary of american slang

  • ugly\ bulldozer — Completely and thorough ugliness such that it causes great pain. It s a phrase used to describe someone unfortunate enough to have been born so ugly. Forget the ugly stick. This girl got run over by the ugly bulldozer …   Dictionary of american slang

  • ugly pills — n an imagined source of repellent physi cal characteristics, manners or behav iour. The words usually form part of a sardonic speculation that the person in question has been taking ugly pills or has been hit with the ugly stick . An alternative… …   Contemporary slang

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