be here to stay

Meaning

1. to be accepted or used by most people and therefore a permanent part of our lives

   It looks like televised trials are here to stay.

In the movies · 7

• Sal's Famous Pizzeria is here to stay.Do the Right Thing1989
• We need to show them, educate them, let them know that we're here to stay.X-Men: The Last Stand2006
• The U.N.'s here to stay.Hotel Rwanda2004
• Get the hell out of here. Christopher's staying with me.The Pursuit of Happyness2006
• That he come here and stay in my room.The Royal Tenenbaums2001
• All right, you stay here. You stay out of sight.Road to Perdition2002
• It's kind of crazy in here, so stay on your feet.August Rush2007
• We missed you. Are you here to stay?GoodFellas1990

Learn it in full scenes

• Do the Right Thing1989
  • Love Daddy Wakes the Block
  • Morning Shift at Sal's Pizzeria
  • Da Mayor Sweeps and Gets Scolded
• GoodFellas1990
  • Henry Wants to Be a Gangster
  • Young Henry Gets Beaten and Recruited
  • Paulie's Protection Racket

From the same entry

• stay the course
• stay your hand
• stay the night
• stay put
• keep clear
• hang loose
• stay around
• stay away
• stay in
• stay on
• stay out
• stay out of

More idioms

• there is no question of
• come in handy
• lose your mind
• along the road
• at long last
• don't sweat it
• from day one
• go your own way
• take your mind off
• break the news
• on the ball
• go all the way