Definition of a stick in the mud

stick in the mud

noun

• a helpless or unprogressive person or thing.

  President Bush is a stick in the mud.

  Don't be a stick in the mud!

  Last edited on May 13 2013. Submitted by Shane M. from Lehi, UT, USA on Sep 12 2007.

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Other terms relating to 'in':
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
all in	Definitions include: involving everyone or everything.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
an ice cube's chance in hell	Definitions include: no chance.
a walk in the park	Definitions include: something easy.
back in the day	Definitions include: at some time before the present.
back in the saddle	Definitions include: having resumed an activity that one had previously stopped performing.
baked-in	Definitions include: included.
bald man in a boat	Definitions include: clitoris.
barge in	Definitions include: to intrude.
barge in on	Definitions include: See barge in.
Bash one's skull in	Definitions include: To beat someone up, inflict head injury
bat in the cave	Definitions include: visible mucus in one's nostrils.
BBIAB	Definitions include: acronym for "be back in a bit", i.e. "I will return in a short amount of time."
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Other terms relating to 'mud':
blow mud	Definitions include: to defecate, usually diarrhea.
clear as mud	Definitions include: unclear.
drag through the mud	Definitions include: to tarnish a person's reputation.
have a case of mud butt	Definitions include: to have an uncontrollable and messy case of diarrhea.
mud	Definitions include: another word for drugs, usually referring to heroin or opium.
mud duck	Definitions include: an unattractive person.
mud fart	Definitions include: a fart that involves the accidental release of liquid feces.
mud flap	Definitions include: very long labia.
mud flaps	Definitions include: butt cheeks.
push mud	Definitions include: to take a dump.
sling mud	Definitions include: to have diarrhea.
step on a mud duck	Definitions include: to flatulate.
Other terms relating to 'stick':
beat with the ugly stick	Definitions include: unattractive.
blank-stick	Definitions include: censored version of fuckstick.
boom stick	Definitions include: a shotgun.
cancer stick	Definitions include: cigarette.
Christ on a pogo stick	Definitions include: general exclamation.
clue stick, the	Definitions include: a metaphorical stick one gets hit with to become informed (i.e. to get a clue.)
Crap on a stick	Definitions include: "Oh crap", that sucks, bummer. (Similar to "shitballs")
death stick	Definitions include: a cigarette.
dirt stick	Definitions include: cigarette.
disco stick	Definitions include: penis.
fiddle stick	Definitions include: interjection of disappointment.
fire stick	Definitions include: a gun.
flamestick	Definitions include: a cigarette.
f*ckstick	Definitions include: a real idiot, a piece of shit of a person.
f*ck stick	Definitions include: a derogatory term for an idiot.
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Other terms relating to 'the':
101 scoop, the	Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
2-10, the	Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
3rd degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
411, the	Definitions include: information.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
across the board	Definitions include: inclusive.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
against the clock	Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
aim Archie at the adamant	Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun	Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
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