Meaning of "get stuck to the skin"

[Lilo]

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #47 "Speaking: The Broadcast", question 9

It has started to rain and I shall get ......... to the skin if I stay much longer up here.

(a) sunk
(b) suited
(c) stuck
(d) soaked

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #47 "Speaking: The Broadcast", answer 9

It has started to rain and I shall get soaked to the skin if I stay much longer up here.

Correct answer: (d) soaked

Your answer was: incorrect
It has started to rain and I shall get stuck to the skin if I stay much longer up here.
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is "get stuck to the skin" an idiom?
what does it mean?

Lilo

[Yankee]

Hi Lilo

No, "get stuck to the skin" is not an idiom -- it is simply an incorrect answer for the test sentence. Wet clothing does tend to stick to your body or skin, however.

The correct answer in the test is "get soaked to the skin" which means that your clothing becomes so wet that your skin also gets wet.

Amy
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[Saneta]

Can I say 'will get ' instead of 'shall get' in this sentence without a change in meaning?

many thanks