Stick in the mud.
Stick in the mud.
“Stick in the mud”是一个形容人思想保守、不愿尝试新事物的习语。字面意思是“泥中的棍子”,形象地描述了某人像固定在泥里的棍子一样,动弹不得。用这个习语来形容某人时,通常暗示他们缺乏冒险精神和创新性。
He's such a stick in the mud; he never wants to try anything new.
他就是一个墨守成规的人;从不愿意尝试新事物。
Don't be a stick in the mud, come out with us tonight!
今晚出来玩别那么死板!
She called him a stick in the mud for refusing to dance at the party.
她因为他拒绝在派对上跳舞而称他为墨守成规的人。