stick to | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Topersist; tocontinue(to use, do, etc.)I have seen all the fancy electric toothbrushes, but I'm going tostick tothe old-fashioned kind.If youstick toyour studies, you will continue to improve.2006[1979 November 9],Binyan Liu, “Listen Carefully to the Voice of the People”, in Kyna Rubin,Perry Link, transl., edited by Perry Link,Two Kinds of Truth: Stories and Reportage from China‎[1],Indiana University Press,→ISBN,→LCCN,→OCLC,page34:When I did newspaper work in the 1950s I always found it hard to initiate criticism of a person. Now, in the late 1970s, I suddenly find it has become hard to praise a person. Take, for example, the case of Liu Jie, an inspector of the neighborhood registry in the Daxing’anling district of Heilongjiang, who was praised in the press forsticking toprinciples. She also had the support of the Provincial Party Committee. But it was precisely the commendation of the Party newspaper that brought calamity upon her, and the support of the provincial leadership was of no use in breaking the siege that befell her.2007, Amanda Lamb,Smotherhood: Wickedly Funny Confessions from the Early Years:What I get from work makes me a better mother, and what I get from being a mother makes me a better journalist. At least that's my story and I'msticking toit.; (idiomatic)Tofollowand remain close to.The suspect doubled back through an alley, but the detectivestuck tohim like glue.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seestick,‎to.

Examples:

EN: "No, Douglas, you had better give up scenario writing and stick to acting."
ES: "No, Douglas, sería mejor que dejara de escribir guiones cinematográficos, y se Contentara con interpretarlos."
EN: Do you nevertheless stick to your decision?
ES: ¿¡¿Aún así mantienes tu decisión?
EN: Look here, Will, you stick to your coin.
ES: Mira, Will, quédate con tu dinero.
EN: Shove ahead out there and don't stick to that everlasting trench warfare!
ES: ¡Sigue adelante y no te quedes con esa eterna guerra de trincheras!
EN: That's me word, and I'll stick to it.
ES: Es mi palabra, y no la cambiaré.
EN: Why don't you come over to my joint and take a cut? Nah. You stick to your racket, Louis.
ES: No, tú sigue con tu negocio, Louis, yo seguiré con el mío.
EN: I'll stick to mine.
ES: No tienes posibilidades.
EN: 'You stick to his tail, he'll get you through alright.'
ES: Permanezcan con él. Él les lanzará.
EN: I guess I'll stick to them from now on.
ES: Lo usaré siempre de ahora en adelante.
EN: While you are on this island. you stick to your doctoring.
ES: Mientras esté en esta isla, sólo trabaje como médico.
EN: I'll stick to you through thick and thin. See if I don't.
ES: Yo te apoyaré hagas lo que hagas.
EN: I know one thing. You won't stick to it. Won't I?
ES: Explotarás.
EN: - And I hope you stick to it, Daddy.
ES: - Espero que cumplas con tu deber.
EN: But I'll stick to you, Tommy.
ES: Y no me separaré de ti, Tommy.
EN: That's her story, and she's gonna stick to it.
ES: Eso es lo que quiere hacernos creer.

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