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Idiom

white on rice

Meaning

a descriptive analogy of closeness. See like white on rice.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“The security guard stuck to the celebrity like white on rice.”

“During the final minutes of the game, the defender stayed on the star player like white on rice.”

“The persistent investigator followed the suspect through the crowded city streets like white on rice, ensuring he never lost sight of his target.”

Examples

simple

“The security guard stuck to the celebrity like white on rice.”

contextual

“During the final minutes of the game, the defender stayed on the star player like white on rice.”

complex

“The persistent investigator followed the suspect through the crowded city streets like white on rice, ensuring he never lost sight of his target.”

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