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Someone who is considered boring, often due to unpopular or outdated beliefs.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.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

a stick-in-the-mud

If you call someone a stick-in-the-mud, you mean they are old-fashioned or boring and do not like doing new things or having fun. I felt sorry for him because he obviously wanted to enjoy himself but was married to a real stick-in-the-mud. Call me a stick-in-the-mud, but I just prefer the more traditional ways of doing things. Note: You can use stick-in-the-mud before a noun. He's going to let an opportunity pass him by, with his stick-in-the-mud attitude. Note: This expression is used to show disapproval.

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

stick in the mud

n. a dull and old-fashioned person. Don’t be such an old stick in the mud.

stick in the mud, old

A person who avoids anything new; an old fogy, not necessarily old in years. This expression, which presumably likens such an individual to a vehicle whose wheels are stuck in mud, has been around since about 1700. Thomas Haliburton used it in one of his Sam Slick tales (1843): “‘Well,’ said old Stick-in-the-mud, ‘what are you arter?’”

词组	stick in the mud
释义	stick in the mud stick in the mud Someone who is considered boring, often due to unpopular or outdated beliefs.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! See also: mud, stick Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. 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. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. a stick-in-the-mud If you call someone a stick-in-the-mud, you mean they are old-fashioned or boring and do not like doing new things or having fun. I felt sorry for him because he obviously wanted to enjoy himself but was married to a real stick-in-the-mud. Call me a stick-in-the-mud, but I just prefer the more traditional ways of doing things. Note: You can use stick-in-the-mud before a noun. He's going to let an opportunity pass him by, with his stick-in-the-mud attitude. Note: This expression is used to show disapproval. Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. stick in the mud n. a dull and old-fashioned person. Don’t be such an old stick in the mud. See also: mud, stick McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions stick in the mud, old A person who avoids anything new; an old fogy, not necessarily old in years. This expression, which presumably likens such an individual to a vehicle whose wheels are stuck in mud, has been around since about 1700. Thomas Haliburton used it in one of his Sam Slick tales (1843): “‘Well,’ said old Stick-in-the-mud, ‘what are you arter?’” See also: old, stick The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: a stick-in-the-mud stick-in-the-mud stick in the mud, old an old stick in the mud behind the times detract detract from detract from (someone or something) flat-earther on the wrong side of history
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