sticky catchfly
noun
Any of several flowering plants of either of two closely related genera, Silene and Lychnis (family Caryophyllaceae), having sticky stems, seeds, etc.; especially a Eurasian campion of rocks and crags, L. viscaria, with spikes of bright pink flowers and often dark sticky bands around the stem beneath each node (also called red catchfly).
Origin
1920s.
- Judas candle
- Judas color
- Judas-colored
- be (or be caught) in a cleft stick
- be (or come) along
- be (or come) late to the party
- be (or come) nowhere
- be (or find oneself) in a minority of one
- be (or get) across something
- be (or get) dialled in
- be (or get) lost in the shuffle
- be (or get) mixed up in
- be (or get) mixed up with
- be (or get) shut of
- be (or go) on the lash
- be (or go) on the piss
- be (or go) on the shicker
- be (or have a) down on
- be (or have something) written all over one (or one's face)
- be (or look) a picture
- be (or make) friends with
- be (or make) so bold (as to do something)
- be (or put oneself) in another person's shoes
- be (or stand) in awe of
- Beothuk