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1 stick-in-the-mud
noun (a person who never does anything new.)tr['stɪkɪnðəmʌd]1 familiar persona chapada a la antigua, carroza nombre masulino o femeninon.• conservador, -ora s.m.,f.• tardona s.f.• tardón s.m.noun (colloq)don't be such a stick-in-the-mud-in-the-mud — no seas tan rutinario e inflexible or rutinario y rígido
['stɪkɪnðǝmʌd]N (Brit) persona rutinaria y poco aventurera* * *noun (colloq)don't be such a stick-in-the-mud-in-the-mud — no seas tan rutinario e inflexible or rutinario y rígido
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2 cascarrabias
cascarrabias adjetivo invariable (fam) cantankerous, grumpy ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (pl◊ cascarrabias) grouch (colloq)
cascarrabias
I mf inv familiar bad-tempered person familiar misery
II adjetivo grumpy: no seas cascarrabias, don't be such a misery guts o don't be such a stick in the mud ' cascarrabias' also found in these entries: English: grouch - irascible - crank
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