sticky

collant, poisseux

Qui adhère à ce qu’il touche, en laissant souvent une couche difficile à enlever.

En anglais simple : Clinging to things it touches, often leaving a layer that is hard to remove.

• My hands are sticky.
• The honey left a sticky patch on the table.
• Wash the sticky juice off your fingers.

Expressions courantes : sticky fingers, sticky hands, sticky mess, sticky tape

délicat, épineux

Difficile à gérer, surtout parce qu’une erreur pourrait créer des problèmes.

En anglais simple : Difficult or awkward to deal with, especially because a mistake could cause trouble.

• We are in a sticky situation.
• Pay became a sticky issue during the negotiations.
• She helped us through a sticky patch.

Synonymes : tricky, awkward, difficult

Contraires : straightforward

Expressions courantes : sticky situation, sticky problem, sticky issue

note adhésive, pense-bête

Petit papier pour écrire de courtes notes, dont une partie colle aux surfaces.

En anglais simple : A small piece of paper with a part that attaches to surfaces, used for short notes.

• She left a sticky on my desk.
• I wrote the password hint on a sticky.
• His screen was covered with colourful stickies.

Synonymes : sticky note

Expressions courantes : yellow sticky, write a sticky, sticky on something