'Chicken Soup for the Soul' の 'LIVE YOUR DREAM' の章からの引用です。
When asked to explain, he went on to add, "She just never wanted to do nothin', just kind of became a stick-in-the-mud. Ten years ago when I was ninety-four, I told my wife we ain't never seen nothin' except the beatiful Pacific Northwest.
"stick-in-the-mud" は面白い表現ですが、どんな意味でしょうか？ 辞書を見ます。
・McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs: 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.
・Collins Dictionary: If you describe someone as a stick-in-the-mud, you disapprove of them because they do not like doing anything that is new or fun.: But suggest to your dad that being such a stick in the mud is asking for trouble in any relationship.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: someone who is old-fashioned and too serious and avoids enjoyable activities: My dad's a real stick-in-the-mud.
When asked to explain, he went on to add, "She just never wanted to do nothin', just kind of became a stick-in-the-mud. Ten years ago when I was ninety-four, I told my wife we ain't never seen nothin' except the beatiful Pacific Northwest.
"stick-in-the-mud" は面白い表現ですが、どんな意味でしょうか？ 辞書を見ます。
・McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs: 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.
・Collins Dictionary: If you describe someone as a stick-in-the-mud, you disapprove of them because they do not like doing anything that is new or fun.: But suggest to your dad that being such a stick in the mud is asking for trouble in any relationship.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: someone who is old-fashioned and too serious and avoids enjoyable activities: My dad's a real stick-in-the-mud.
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