stick-in-the-mud



stick-in-the-mud

Fig. a dull and old-fashioned person. Don't be such an old stick-in-the-mud. some stick-in-the-mud objected to the kind of music we wanted to play in church.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Primitivapree-mee-TEE-vah (Spanish)Spanish, Late Roman
Mclean[mək'lein]
Naomi (1)nay-O-mee (English), nie-O-mee (English)English, Hebrew, Biblical
MarekMAH-rrek (Polish)Polish, Czech, Slovak
Mehmetmeh-METTurkish
Lilianne-French (Rare)