英语词汇stick in the mud的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	stick in the mud
词源	stick in the mud. A dull, conservative, old-fashioned person; also an old fogey who refuses even to try something new or ex- citing. “All right, stay home by yourself then, you old stick in the mud,” his wife told him. The expression dates back to about 1725 and is still heard today, if infrequently. One writer has called Osama bin Laden “a pathetic stick-in-the-mud.”
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