Stick-in-the-mud


[stik-in-th uh-muhd] /ˈstɪk ɪn ðəˌmʌd/
noun
1.
someone who avoids new activities, ideas, or attitudes; old fogy.
stick-in-the-mud
noun
1.
(informal) a staid or predictably conservative person who lacks initiative or imagination

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