stick-in-the-mud
Related to stick-in-the-mud: muddy up
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Someone who is considered boring, often due to unpopular or outdated beliefs.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
- 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