A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

be stiff-necked • have a stiff neck
be stiff-necked —(also: be hard-necked) be stubborn or
haughty: She was stiff-necked, but he would make her see rea-
son.
have a stiff neck —suffer from a condition in which the head
cannot be moved without pain: By the time the train pulled
into the station, he had a stiff neck and an aching back.
Note: 
The expression does not correlate in meaning with the
phrase have the neck—(coll.) have the insolence; be presumptu-
ous enough to do smth.: I asked her how she had the neck to
come to the area to open a community center, while she was
cutting community jobs.
be stuck for something • be stuck on something
be stuck for something—(coll.) be unable to obtain smth.:
An undergraduate is no longer “stuck” for a dinner, a seat at
a play, a railroad ticket.
Note: 
The expression does not correlate in meaning with the
phrase stick up for something—(coll.) declare oneself in favor
of smth.; support a cause: I shall always like him the better for
“sticking up” for old New England.
be stuck on something —(coll.) feel a strong attraction to
smth.; be captivated with smth.: I am stuck on the idea that
what we are missing most in our culture today is truth.
be stuck on someone • be stuck with someone
be stuck on someone —(sl.) feel a strong attraction to a person:
You’d say she was kind of stuck on the fellow at the first meet-
ing although it was a blind date.
be stuck with someone —(coll.) be unable to get rid of an un-
wanted person: The truly sad thing is that I am stuck with
him for the rest of my life.
be stuck up • be stuck-up
be stuck up —
1
. (sl.) said of an armed robbery: It was only
the previous night that he had been “stuck up,” with a pistol
at his head. 2. (coll.) be hindered from proceeding on a jour-
ney, etc.: Luckily, we got stuck up in a town and not in the
middle of nowhere.