curmudgeon /kə:'mʌdʤən/throw mud Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
clear as mud
here's mud in your eye
mudsling
name is mud
stick-in-the-mud
dummy mud
mud duck
muddle along
He muddled on without making any real effort．他得过且过，从不努力。
Oh，we muddle along，you know，though we are not rich．哦，你知道，我们虽不富裕，但凑合还过得去。
In our factory you see nobody muddling along．在我们厂里，你看不到混日子的人。
muddle along/on
He muddled on without making any real effort．他得过且过，从不努力。
Oh，we muddle along，you know，though we are not rich．哦，你知道，我们虽不富裕，但凑合还过得去。
In our factory you see nobody muddling along．在我们厂里，你看不到混日子的人。
muddle on
He muddled on without making any real effort．他得过且过，从不努力。
Oh，we muddle along，you know，though we are not rich．哦，你知道，我们虽不富裕，但凑合还过得去。
In our factory you see nobody muddling along．在我们厂里，你看不到混日子的人。
muddle through
It always amazes me how Tom manages to muddle through．令我惊奇的是汤姆不知怎么总能混下去。
He knows enough mathematics to muddle through in his job．他懂得一些数学，工作上大体可以对付过去。
muddle up
Let's concentrate on one job at a time，or you'll muddle me up．我们一次集中干一件事，否则你会把我搞糊涂。
The photographs got muddled up with the postcards and it was difficult to sort them out．照片和明信片混在一起了，很难把它们清理出来。
one's name is mud
Idiom(s): one's name is mudTheme: TROUBLE
for one to be in trouble or humiliated. (Slang.)
• If I can't get this contract signed, my name will be mud.
• His name is mud ever since he broke the crystal vase.
muddy the water
Idiom(s): muddy the waterTheme: CLARITY
to make something less clear; to make matters confusing; to create difficulty where there was none before.
• Things were going along quite smoothly until you came along and muddied the water.
• The events of the past month have muddied the water as far as our proposed joint venture is concerned.
Mud in the fire
The things that cannot be changed in the past that we usually forget about are mud in the fire.Mud in your eye
This is a way of saying 'cheers' when you are about to drink something, normally alcohol.Mud-slinging
If someone is mud-slinging, they are insulting someone and trying to damage that person's reputation.Muddy the waters
If somebody muddies the waters, he or she makes the situation more complex or less clear.Your name is mud
If someone's name is mud, then they have a bad reputation.fish in muddy|fish|muddy|troubled|troubled waters|
v. phr. To take advantage of a troubled or confusing situation; seek personal advantage. With the police disorganized after the collapse of communism in Europe, many criminals started to fish in troubled waters.mud in your eye|eye|mud
n. phr., informal A cheering exclamation when people drink, much like "cheers!" Each time John raised his glass he said, "Well, here's mud in your eye!"name is mud|mud|name
informal (You) are in trouble; a person is blamed or no longer liked.
Used in the possessive. If you tell your mother I spilled ink on her rug my name will be mud. Your name will be mud if you tell the teacher about the bad thing we did. Compare: IN THE DOG HOUSE.
stick-in-the-mud|mud|stick
n., informal An overcareful person; someone who is old-fashioned and fights change. Mabel said her mother was a real stick-in-the-mud to make a rule that she must be home by 10 o'clock on weeknights and 11:30 Saturdays. Mr. Thomas is a stick-in-the-mud who plows with mules; he won't buy a tractor.mud
mudsee clear as mud; name is mud, one's; sling mud at.
muddle
muddle1.
muddle through
Chiefly Brit. to manage to succeed in spite of apparent blunders or confusion
2.
muddle through
Chiefly Brit. to manage to succeed in spite of apparent blunders or confusion
my name is mud
my name is mudsee under name is mud, one's.
name is mud, one's
name is mud, one'sOne is in trouble, disgraced, or discredited, as in If they find out I broke it, my name will be mud, or If his estimate is completely wrong, his name will be mud. A popular theory for this expression's origin derives it from Dr. Samuel Mudd, the physician who was convicted as conspirator after he set the broken ankle of President Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. But the expression was first recorded in 1823, when mud was slang for a stupid person or fool, a usage dating from the early 1700s. Later the term mud simply alluded to discredit.
sling mud at
sling mud atInsult or discredit someone, as in The paper became famous for slinging mud at movie stars. This term replaced throw mud at, which dates from the second half of the 1700s.
throw mud
To abuse someone, abnormally to the accident of their reputation. I'm aggravating to advance a fair and admirable campaign, and my adversary has no botheration throwing mud!Learn more: mud, throwfling/sling/throw ˈmud (at somebody)
(informal) try to accident somebody’s acceptability by cogent added bodies bad things about them: Just afore an election, politicians absolutely alpha to bung mud at anniversary other. ▶ ˈmud-slinging noun: There’s too abundant aspersion by capricious journalists.Learn more: fling, mud, sling, throw
More Idioms/Phrases
slice slice of the pie slide slight slim pickings sling sling hash sling mud at slink away slip a cog slip something over on throw in the throw in the sponge throw in the sponge/towel, to throw in the towel throw in the towel/sponge throw in with throw in with (one) throw in your hand throw in your lot with throw in your lot with somebody throw in your lot with someone throw insults throw insults (at one) throw into throw into confusion throw into disarray throw into sharp relief throw into the bargain throw light on Throw me a bone! throw money at throw money at (someone or something) throw money at something throw money at something/someone throw money away throw mud throw mud at (one) throw mud enough, and some will stick throw name around throw off throw off balance throw off the track throw on throw one out on one’s ear throw one’s cookies throw one’s hat in the ring throw one’s voice throw one’s weight around throw one's hat in the ring throw one's weight around throw one's weight around, to throw oneself at throw oneself at feet throw oneself at the mercy of some authority throw oneself into throw oneself on the mercy of throw open throw open (something) to (someone or something) throw out throw out of throw out on ear
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