"FUDDY-DUDDY"
An old-fashioned and foolish type of person.
Example: You may accuse me of being and old fuddy-duddy trying to stop young people having fun.
Chapado a la antigua.
Example sentences:
- We know the world is changing and don't want to seem fuddy-duddy or to be left behind / Sabemos que el mundo está cambiando y no quiero parecer chapado a la antigua o quedarme atrás.
- George is just this fuddy-duddy person who married her mother / George es precisamente esta persona chapado a la antigua que se casó con su madre.
Additional examples:
- Someone whom you have thought of as a bit of a fuddy-duddy may show surprising insight born of years of experience.
- Yep, and my father never lost that either, that idea of being responsible without being a fuddy-duddy.
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