Stick in the mud.
Stick in the mud.
“Stick in the mud”用來形容一個對新事物感到抗拒,不願改變現狀的人。直譯就是"陷在泥巴里的棍子",形容因固執或害怕變化而行動受限。
He's such a stick in the mud; he never wants to try anything new.
他就是一個墨守成規的人;他從不想嘗試新事物。
Don't be a stick in the mud, come out with us tonight!
不要做一個墨守成規的人,今晚跟我們一起出去吧!
She called him a stick in the mud for refusing to dance at the party.
她因為他拒絕在派對上跳舞而稱他為墨守成規的人。