stick-in-the-mud

• Describe a una persona que es anticuada, poco dada a la aventura o que se resiste a los cambios.

Describes a person who is old-fashioned, unadventurous, or resistant to change.

1. Old-fashioned or UnadventurousC1informal

   Describing someone who is resistant to change, new ideas, or fun activities; overly conventional.

   Carca, anticuado o mojigato

   • His stick-in-the-mud attitude prevented the team from trying new approaches.
   • She gave a stick-in-the-mud response to the proposal for a modern office layout.
   • The party was boring because of his stick-in-the-mud rules.

   Sinónimosconservativeconventionalfuddy-duddyhideboundold-fashionedsquarestodgystraitlacedstuffyunadventurous

   Antónimosadventurousmodernopen-mindedprogressivespontaneous

• Sustantivo que designa a una persona lenta, anticuada o reacia a los cambios; se usa a menudo para referirse a alguien que se mueve con lentitud o no acepta de buena gana las ideas nuevas.

A noun referring to a person who is slow, old-fashioned, or resistant to change, often used to describe someone who moves slowly or is reluctant to adopt new ideas.

1. Slow or unadventurous personB2informal

   A person who is slow, old-fashioned, or resistant to change and new ideas.

   persona reacia a los cambios

   • Don't be such a stick-in-the-mud; come try the new roller coaster!
   • My uncle is a real stick-in-the-mud who never wants to try new restaurants.
   • The group wanted to go dancing, but Mark was a stick-in-the-mud and stayed home.

   Sinónimosconservativediehardfogeyfuddy-duddymossbacksquarestuffed shirttraditionalist

   Antónimosadventurerdaredevilgo-gettericonoclastinnovatormaverickpioneerrisk taker