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词汇 stick-in-the-mud
释义
Idiom
stick-in-the-mud
Theme: PEOPLE - NEGATIVE
someone who is stubbornly old-fashioned.
Come on to the party with us and have some fun. Don't be an old stick-in-the-mud!Tom is no stick-in-the-mud. He's really up-to-date.

Slang
stick-in-the-mud
Theme: OLD-FASHIONED
n. a dull and old-fashioned person.
Don't be such an old stick-in-the-mud.Some stick-in-themud objected to the kind of music we wanted to play in church.
Idiom
stick-in-the-mud
someone who has old-fashioned ideas and does not want to try new activities.
'Anyway, I'm not interested in married men.' 'Oh, don't be such a stick-in-the-mud.'
stick-in-the-mud
noun someone who resists change UK, 1733
idiomstick-in-the-mud(also stick in the mud)used about someone who is behaving in a way that is boring or a little old-fashioned:"I'm not sure that this night out was such a good idea." "Come on, Al, don't be such an old stick-in-the-mud."I'm sorry to be an old stick in the mud, but I wouldn't be happy about your girlfriend staying the night - or your sister's boyfriend, either.stick-in-the-mud: It is stick-in-the-mud reactionary attitudes that are holding back British banks, and if they don't modernize they will become extinct.

stick in the mud

Someone who is considered boring, often due to unpopular or outdated beliefs. Sally was tired of being called a stick in the mud by her friends just because she refused to drink alcohol. Just because I don't like roller coasters doesn't mean I'm a stick in a mud—I like lots of other fun things!

stick-in-the-mud

Fig. a dull and old-fashioned person. Don't be such an old stick-in-the-mud. some stick-in-the-mud objected to the kind of music we wanted to play in church.
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