Nghĩa là gì: curmudgeon

curmudgeon /kə:'mʌdʤən/

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mud Thành ngữ, tục ngữ

clear as mud

not understandable, confusing "Mr. Lee explained the formula. Then he said, ""Clear as mud, eh?"""

here's mud in your eye

here is a toast to you, drink up It's good to have a drink with you. Here's mud in your eye.

mudsling

insult, criticize The Liberal leader lost my vote when he began mudslinging.

name is mud

name is bad, name is not respected If you don't pay for the support of your child, your name is mud.

stick-in-the-mud

someone who is old-fashioned, someone who doesn

dummy mud

a stupid or dumb person

mud duck

an ugly person

muddle along

manage somehow好歹对付；得过且过；混日子
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

muddle on

muddle through

manage to do or complete sth．，despite lack of knowledge or skill 勉强过得去
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

confuse；mix up把…搞乱；搞混You have muddled up the answers．你把答案搞错了。
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 mud

Theme: 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 water

Theme: 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

mud
see clear as mud; name is mud, one's; sling mud at.

muddle

muddle
1.
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 mud
see under name is mud, one's.

name is mud, one's

name is mud, one's
One 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 at
Insult 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.