Stick-in-the-mud (Adjective)
Meaning
(used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned; "moss-grown ideas about family life".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- My grandmother can be such a stick-in-the-mud when it comes to trying new restaurants, always insisting on going to the same old diner we've been to for years.
- He's a stick-in-the-mud who still thinks women should stay at home and take care of the children while the men go out to work.
- The company's CEO is a stick-in-the-mud who refuses to adapt to new technology, which is why the business is struggling to stay afloat.
- My parents are such stick-in-the-muds, they still think it's unacceptable for people to live together before getting married.
- The professor's stick-in-the-mud attitude towards teaching methods has made his classes seem outdated and unengaging to his students.