stuffed shirt
Meaning: A man who is tiresome, pompous and selfimportant.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Category: Daily Life
Origin: Describing someone as a stuffed shirt is clearly disparaging, whereas old fuddy-duddy describes someone who is a harmlessly and often humorously old-fashioned person. The expression stuffed shirt is always used to describe a man, never a woman.
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