buttoned-up
Related to buttoned-up: buttoned down
buttoned-up
Very conservative, unimaginatively conventional, or old-fashioned, as of a person's clothing, attitude, behavior, or beliefs. He spent his entire adult life as a buttoned-up clerk, so, when he turned 65, he decided it was time for adventure.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- behind (one's) time
- behind time
- fashion
- good day
- an old fogey/fogy
- anon
- a stuffed shirt
- (Well,) I'll be durned!
- a bit of crackling