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A person unwilling to participate in activities

A person who belongs to the political right

An old-fashioned, persnickety or ineffective person

A person who resists change

To become, or cause to become, stuck in mud

Averse to change or innovation and holding traditional values

Overly formal, conventional, or prim and proper

Not offering, involving, or eager for new or stimulating things

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Noun

A person unwilling to participate in activities

stick-in-the-mud

dog in the manger

prophet of doom

death's head at a feast

doom and gloom merchant

doubting Thomas

doomer and gloomer

bear with a sore head

miserable person

Job's comforter

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“Discipline, and the knowledge that if I funked, my name would stick in the mud for ever.”

Noun

A person who belongs to the political right

Noun

An old-fashioned, persnickety or ineffective person

Noun

A person who resists change

Verb

To become, or cause to become, stuck in mud

get bogged down

Adjective

Averse to change or innovation and holding traditional values

ultraconservative

paleoconservative

traditionalistic

archconservative

conventionalist

dyed-in-the-wool

middle-of-the-road

set in one's ways

ultra-conservative

stick-in-the-mud

individualistic

set in your ways

set in one's opinions

fixed in one's views

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Adjective

Overly formal, conventional, or prim and proper

stick-in-the-mud

of the old school

prim and proper

schoolmistressy

holier-than-thou

politically correct

goody two-shoes

behind the times

overconscientious

goody-two-shoes

undemonstrative

uncommunicative

keeping people at arm's length

self-respecting

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Adjective

Not offering, involving, or eager for new or stimulating things

stick-in-the-mud

on the qui vive

with eyes peeled

with reservations

keeping a weather eye on

watching one's step

walking on eggs

keeping on one's toes

handling with kid gloves

paying attention

walking on egg shells

belt-and-braces

hedging your bets

playing your cards close to your chest

keeping one's eyes peeled

keeping a weather eye open

fast on the draw

keeping one's eyes open

standing at attention

having foresight

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