stick in the mud | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,derogatory)A personunwillingto participate in activities; acurmudgeonorparty pooper.Have a little fun sometimes and don't be such astick-in-the-mud.2005November 9, Dan Shive,El Goonish Shive(webcomic),Comic for Wednesday, Nov 9, 2005:"I don't hold back like you do. Even Tedd's dad can tell you're astick-in-the-mud. That's why he made you the supervisor of this party."; (idiomatic,derogatory)More generally, one who isslow,old-fashioned, orunprogressive; anold fogey.2023July 19, Caspar Salmon, “Has Barbie killed the indie director? Why credible film-makers are selling out”, inThe Guardian‎[1],→ISSN:There’s a parallel here: the idea of Barbie dolls being in any way noxious seems, in the current climate, to be as hopelesslystick-in-the-muda stance as the concept of selling out.

Examples:

EN: Look who's standing around like a stick in the mud!
ES: ¡Mira quien está dando vueltas como un tonto!
EN: You're a witty old stick in the mud, aren't you, fatty?
ES: Eres un ingenioso soso y atrasado, Gordito.
EN: Walked in and told old Bentley, "Bent, you old stick in the mud -"
ES: Entré y le dije al viejo Bentley, "Bent, vete al cuerno..."
EN: You old stick in the mud.
ES: ¡Qué aburrido eres!
EN: Of course, we hardly ever see a show now. Edward is such an old stick in the mud.
ES: Ya vamos muy poco al teatro ahora.
EN: Don't be such a stick in the mud.
ES: No sea tan anticuado.
EN: No use being stick in the mud, you know, you've got to move with the times.
ES: No debemos estancarnos, debemos avanzar.
EN: Oh, you old stick in the mud.
ES: Oh, tú viejo aguafiestas.
EN: If he weren't such an old stick in the mud, I might let him live.
ES: Si no fuera tan aburrido, quizás lo dejaría vivir.
EN: Oh, don't tell me you are going to be a old stick in the mud too?
ES: Oh, no me digáis que estáis chapados a la antigua?
EN: If you are referring to Dr. Corwyn, she is known, she is no stick in the mud.
ES: Si te estás refiriendo a la Dr. Corwyn, se la conoce, ella no está chapada a la antigua.
EN: Hope you stick in the mud.
ES: Espero que te estanques en el fango.
EN: Why John, you old stick in the mud.
ES: ¡Mi pobre John! viejo putrefacto.
EN: Oh, but I'm not a stick in the mud.
ES: Pero no soy una anticuada.
EN: You have to stick in the mud here, like all the rest.
ES: Tienes que arrastrarte por el fango, al igual que el resto.

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