mud
noun/mʌd/
[uncountable]Слово англійською: mud
Переклад mud українською: багнюка
Детальний опис
- wet earth that is soft and sticky
- The car wheels got stuck in the mud.
- Your boots are covered in mud.
- Heavy rain caused thick, deep mud on the site.
- mud bricks/huts (= made of dried mud)
- nests made of mud or clay
Word Originlate Middle English: probably from Middle Low German mudde.
Idioms
see also mudflat(as) clear as mud
- (informal, humorous) not clear at all; not easy to understand
- Oh well, that's all as clear as mud, then.
drag somebody through the mud/dirt | drag somebody's name through the mud/dirt
- (informal) to criticize or say bad things about somebody in public, in a way that is unfair
- The paper has dragged his name through the mud.
- They feel their agency has been dragged through the mud by the press.
- Football's good name is being dragged through the dirt.
fling, sling, etc. mud (at somebody)
- to criticize somebody or accuse somebody of bad things in order to damage their reputation, especially in politics see also mud-slinging
mud sticks
- (saying) people remember and believe the bad things they hear about other people, even if they are later shown to be false
somebody’s name is mud
- (informal, usually humorous) used to say that somebody is not liked or popular because of something they have done
- Your name’s mud around here at the moment!
- If you tell our secret your name will be mud round here.