stick-in-the-mud
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8.3
- idiom
- /ˈstɪk ɪn ðə mʌd/
- Offensive
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- Just the same old stick-in-the-mud you've always known me to be. Damn Walter, he was always looking for some big story, some action.
- an old stick-in-the-mud
Examples
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These stick in the mud Conservative rabbis and congregations who want to keep doing things the old fashioned way.
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And, and this picture of him of as, as being a stick in the mud and not wanting to accept quantum theory is false.
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I'm thrilled to be married to such a predictable stick-in-the-mud.
Fiction book (1999) -
Once again we're wrongly presumed to be backward-thinking, creativity-crushing sticks in the mud.
Blog text (5) -
Don't be such a stick-in-the-mud; try something new for a change.
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My uncle is a real stick-in-the-mud, always refusing to embrace modern technology.
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She called him a stick-in-the-mud because he never wanted to go out and have fun.
Synonyms
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8.1
A person who does not like change or try new things
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9.9
A person with old-fashioned ideas who refuses to change
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8.2
A person who prefers old ways and does not like change
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9.6
A person who prefers the usual way of doing things and does not accept new ideas
A person who refuses to change their mind or actions
Antonyms
How Open-minded
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stick-in-the-mud comes from the image of a stick 'stuck' in mud, unable to move. So a 'stick-in-the-mud' is a person who stays the same and refuses to try new things.