169 If tha' doan't put ring on finger shortly, my lad, tha' name will be mud in Mountaindale. He moons broodingly to and fro, looking like Hamlet. 198 ‘Skin off your nose, Jeeves.’ ‘Mud in your eye, sir, if I may use the expression.’ 1954 - Jeeves & Feudal Spirit viii.
128 Up to mud, up to tripe,‥describe things that are bad, disliked or out of order. 108 Nurse Dickens had no idea of hospital etiquette.‥ Nurse Dickens was too opinionated. Benét Thirteen o' Clock 335 Mud in your eye! 1942 M. 152 She hates the thought of his staying on as much as we do. 42/2 Still, men today are mostly up to mud. 87 ‘Well,’ somebody said, ‘here's mud in your eye.’ 1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 1 Nov. 148 Well, I hope when I'm through I'll have sense enough to know it. 60 ‘Here's mud in your eye!’ said one of the modern pilgrims, tossing down his martini. Dennis Songs Sentimental Bloke 13 I'm crook me name is Mud I've done me dash. 92 D'yeh mean to tell me how Hoggy's let you loose agin after you gettin' glorious in his dry-goods, 'n' makin' his name mud all up 'n' down ther town? 1916 C. Phillpotts Human Boy 10, I shall die as sure as mud. 2/1 Zeller wants to be Recorder‥but his name is mud. 24 July 713/3 Using the case to fling mud at Mr. Marryat Under the Lilies vii, A woman in my position must expect to have more mud thrown at her than a less important person. 1880 ‘Mark Twain’ Tramp Abroad 187 These people fling mud at that elegant Englishman‥and make fun of him. ‘And his name is mud!’ ejaculated upon the conclusion of a silly oration, or of a leader in the Courier. Bee’ Slang 122 Mud-a stupid twaddling fellow. 170 Never did two angry men of their abilities throw mud with less dexterity. (as) sick as mud: depressed, exasperated, furious (here's) mud in your eye: a toast, ‘good health!’ one's name is mud: one is discredited, held in low esteem, ineffective, unlucky hence, passing into senses suggested by 2a, b: one is regarded as a pariah, untrustworthy, with the worst reputation so in allusive phrases up to mud (Austral.): see quot. as clear as mud: said in mock commendation of something that is by no means clear (also used as a burlesque intensive of ‘clear’) as sure as mud (school-slang): absolutely sure to fling mud or throw mud: to make disgraceful imputations to stick in the mud: see stick v.
Stiff’ Milk & Honey Route 210 Mud, strong coffee mixed with weak milk. 34, I received punk (bread) and a cup of mud (black coffee) or-to use the familiar hobo expression for the combination-duffer. As a type of what is worthless or polluting.ġ925 G. 23/2 The mud men‥supervise the texture of the mud in the giant tanks that are reservoirs for the special lubricant which is pumped into the ocean bed.Ģ. 3/5 Workers cut off a blazing oil well with heavy ‘drilling mud’. 1970 Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 31 Dec. 45 A great deal of research continues into the making of suitable muds. 59 Three types of drilling fluid are at present in use: water-base muds, emulsion-type muds and oil-base ‘muds’. 1957 Van der Have & Verver Petroleum & its Products ii. Drilling-mud serves other important functions. 73 An artifical mud is preferable, as it is more viscous and does not allow the debris to settle.
174 In the rotary system mud is introduced continuously and the control of gas seldom becomes a serious problem. 249 A column of pure water exerts a pressure of 43 pounds per square inch for each 100 feet in height but with mud-laden fluid this pressure may be increased to 50 or 55 pounds.‥ This lateral pressure forces the mud into sands and porous structures, stabilizes caving formations and effectively shuts off water, gas or oil.
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