keeping nose to grindstone (verb) keep one's nose to the grindstone: work doggedly
Sinonime: Tory,
bourgeois,
constant,
controlled,
conventional, die-hard,
fearful,
firm, fogyish, fuddy-duddy,
guarded, hard hat, hidebound, holding to, illiberal, in a rut,
inflexible, middle-of-the-road, not extreme,
obstinate, old guard, old line, orthodox,
quiet, reactionary, redneck, right, right of center, right-wing,
sober,
stable,
steady,
timid, traditional, traditionalistic, unchangeable,
unchanging, uncreative, undaring, unimaginative, unprogressive, white bread
Antonime: exaggerated, incautious, left-wing, liberal, progressive, radical