【句子】Oh, you’re such a stick-in-the-mud. 【Desperate Housewives S1E19】
【发音】/əʊ/ /jɔː(r)/ /sʌtʃ/ /ə/ /ˈstɪk.ɪn.ðəˌmʌd/
【发音技巧】such a连读；stick-in连读；
【翻译】咳，你可真是个老古董啊。
【适用场合】
今天我们要来学习的表达，还是跟stick有关。
非常地道的一个表达
stick-in-the-mud
复合名词
Someone who is considered boring, often due to unpopular or outdated beliefs.
在口语里这个表达用来形容一个人观念陈旧，无趣，不愿意接受新事物，是个“老古董、老顽固”，非常保守的人。

eg: Sally was tired of being called a stick-in-the-mud by her friends just because she refused to have a drink.
就因为Sally不愿意喝酒，她被朋友们叫做是老古董，她已经受够了。

eg: I felt sorry for him because he obviously wanted to enjoy himself but was married to a real stick-in-the-mud.
我挺替他难过的，因为很明显啊他想好好享乐，但是他找了一个观念陈旧的另一半。

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Call me a stick-in-the-mud, but I just prefer the more traditional ways of doing things.