I mean I 'm not talking about these stodgy wives , pug .
我的意思不是说那些老古板的女人，帕格。
Insurance is a pretty stodgy business .
保险行业历来都异常的沉闷。
May say I am a very stodgy person .
可以说我是个非常乏味的人。
Conservative : stodgy = sentimental : mawkish .
保守的死板的＝多愁善感的过分多愁善感的程度类比。
John varley , the departing chief executive of barclays , says his priority when he took over in 2004 was to end the british bank 's dependence on its stodgy home market .
